Diet Analysis Plus, 2 terms (12 months) Printed Access Card

Take control. Reach your goals. Experience Diet Analysis Plus. Diet Analysis Plus allows students to track their diet and physical activity, and analyze the nutritional value of the food they eat so they can adjust their diets to reach personal health goals--all while gaining a better understanding of how nutrition relates to, and impacts, their lives. Diet Analysis Plus includes a 20,000+ food database; customizable reports; new assignable labs; custom food and recipe features; the latest Dietary Reference Intakes; and goals and actual percentages of essential nutrients, vitamins, and minerals. Updated for Fall 2010, new features include enhanced search functionality with filter option, easy-to-use instructor page, and resources tab with helpful information. Use the Diet Analysis Plus activities in all our Introductory Nutrition textbooks to show students how the concepts they learn in the text relate to their personal health goals.

About This Edition

From the Publisher

New Features

• Enhanced search functionality allows users to filter food by category--improving search precision and making it easier to find certain foods.


• Easy-to-use instructor's page provides access to course management resources, such as setting up a course, creating course sections, and providing codes for Teaching Assistants. In addition, this new interface allows instructors to assign labs, manage users' submissions, and edit the nutrient list.


• "Comments" feature allows instructors and students to include feedback when submitting or grading labs and reports.


• "Resources" tab offers helpful tools for students, including a quick Nutrient Search, Serving Size Tutorial, and the ability to create entries for Custom Food and Recipes.


• "Serving Sizes" lab added to help users understand how to accurately estimate serving size.


• Diet Analysis Plus is integrated in all Cengage Learning Introductory Nutrition textbooks through activities in each chapter that show users how the concepts in the chapter relate to their diet and health goals. Use these activities for assignments or extra credit to extend the use of Diet Analysis Plus.


• The new version of Diet Analysis Plus is only available in an online format. A CD-ROM will not be produced.

Additional Features

• The visual month-to-month calendar enables users to track food intake for up to 365 days and highlights the dates for which users have entered food and activities.


• The Activity Questionnaire assesses users' true activity level and more accurately determines the proper Dietary Reference Intakes.


• Customizable reports are available for users to print or email in PDF format.


• Labs provide critical thinking activities and offer opportunities for users to practice important skills, such as reading a food label, before using Diet Analysis Plus for their diet analysis project. They also can be used as assignments or extra credit to extend the use of Diet Analysis Plus throughout the semester. New "Serving Sizes" lab added.


• A quick start tutorial provides an audio and video walkthrough of the main features of the program, including setting up a profile, tracking diet, and printing reports like the 3-Day Average report.


• The improved interface provides easy navigation of Diet Analysis Plus. The homepage offers a single access point to the profile, track diet and activities, reports, and labs. In this enhancement of Diet Analysis Plus, instructors access their course information and assignments through a streamlined homepage making it even easier to manage your course.


• Featuring over 20,000 foods and updated twice yearly, the extensive database includes common foods, popular brands, regional favorites, international foods, and vegetarian options.

Further reference for this edition:

Download a Demo Walkthrough Guide for Diet Analysis Plus (10th Edition).