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Completing a new diet record

A Diet Record is a record of the food a client has eaten over a period of time. The New Diet Record screen is accessed from the Clients Diets tab.

Complete a New Diet Record by following these steps:

  1. Click to add a new diet day. Diet days appear in sequential order (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, etc.).
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You can also cut, copy, and paste information from another diet or menu.

  1. Click . The Add Meal dialog box appears.

a. Select a meal and click . The meal appears under the new diet day.

b. Add additional meals as necessary.

c. Click to close the dialog box.

  1. Click . TheAdd Food dialog box appears and allows you to search for an existing food to add to the diet.
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There are no Select Food Sets in diets. If a menu containing a Select Food Set is copied to a diet, both food items are considered as separate items.

  1. Select a food from the search and click . A Properties dialog box appears. Complete the Properties dialog box.
  2. Click the Add every (Days) checkbox and enter a number to repeat the food throughout the menu for a specific meal, if appropriate.
  3. Click to close the Add Food dialog box. The food appears under the meal. Nutrients appear in the right pane in Normal view.
    • Select View/Normal if the nutrients do not appear in the right pane.
  4. Select View/Nutrients from the menu bar to add or modify nutrients. The Select Nutrients dialog box appears.
  5. Select or modify meals as necessary.
  6. Select View from the menu bar to perform one of the following functions:
  • Select View/Analysis to view an analysis of nutrients and exchanges from the diet.
  • Select View/Profiling to view information about all foods in a menu or diet. Sort the list as desired.
  1. If appropriate, select the New Diet Record name and click on the New Diet Record toolbar to access the Properties dialog box for the New Diet Record to modify information.
  2. If appropriate, select the Food and click on the New Diet Record toolbar to access the Food Properties dialog box to modify information.
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Modifying Food Properties changes the nutrient values.

  1. If appropriate, select Edit/Rename from the menu bar and type a new name.
  2. Click to save the information in the Clients editor, including the client's new diet information.
  • Select File/Save As to save the file under a new name.