Assignment 1 (15%)
Objective:
The purpose of this assignment is to help you evaluate how well you already engage in healthy and nutritious eating habits as well as what you can do to change some of your more negative food habits. You will also compare to some other diets around the world and which of these perhaps looks appealing to you. You should treat this paper as a reflection or a journal, therefore I would like you to discuss your current daily diet, how it compares to Canada’s Food Guide and what other worldly diets interest you and why. For greater success with this assignment, I suggest utilizing the PowerPoints/textbook to strengthen your paper with facts, research, etc..
The assignment should be 3-5 pages in length: 1 title page, 2-3 pages of text (double spaced) & 1 reference page.
Instructions:
- Personal Diet Reflection (4 marks) Discuss your own daily diet. What kind of foods do you enjoy consuming (good and bad), provide an example of what your diet may look like on a given day (0.5 — 1 page).
- Comparison to Canada’s Food Guide (4 marks) Reflecting on your current eating habits, outline what specific changes you would make to dietary consumption in order to adhere to the recommendations of the Canada Food Guide. If you don’t feel any changes are necessary explain why. The main purpose of this section is to reflect on your current eating and determine what areas you need to improve on (1 page).
- Discussion of other global diets (4 marks) The PowerPoints and textbook discuss several other diets around the world and compare it to Canada’s Food Guide. Pick a foreign diet that interests you and discuss why this is the case, if it is realistic for you to undertake this diet moving forward, etc.. You may choose a diet from the PowerPoints/textbook or also find a different one on the internet, make sure to reference your findings (0.5 — 1 page).
- APA/ Spelling and Grammar (3 point) You are required to use proper spelling and grammar throughout your assignment. The assignment needs to he typed, in 12 point font with proper citations where required. Ensure your title page, references and reference page are written in APA format.
Word Count: 800-900
No. of Pages: 5