For a successful nutritional intervention, personalized meal plans are crucial, both qualitatively and quantitatively, ensuring clarity and understanding for clients. Defining food portions and serving sizes is key.
How can I check and define common measures for a particular food?
For foods that already exist in the software
Access the section Foods on the left side menu;
Search the food product;
Click on the food;
Access the tab Common measures to see the common measures that were defined for that food;
If you want to add new common measure for this food, click on Duplicate to edit;
After duplicating it, change the name of the food and click on Add new common measure:
You'll be able to find this food in the My Foods database.
Foods that you created
In case you have added a new food item, the process will be slightly different since you won't need to duplicate it
Access the section Foods on the left side menu;
Search the food product;
Click on the food;
Access the tab Common measures;
Click on Add new common measure;
Set the number of common measures you want;
After registering the common measure(s), click on Save and close:
You'll be able to find this food in the My Foods database.
To add a new common measure, you should register:
Name of the common measure in the singular form - e.g. teaspoon, cup, plate, etc.);
Name of the common measure in the plural form - the name you previously wrote in the plural form so the software does the matching in case you prescribe more than 1 measure/portion to your client;
Quantity - the number of common measures that correspond to a portion;
Total grams - quantity in grams the common measure that was defined contains that food (the same applies for liquids);
The edible portion (%) - edible part of the food, in percentage.
How can I use common measures while creating the meal plan?
Access your client's profile;
Tab 5 Meal Plan;
Click Add New Food;
You can filter using My Foods filter so that the food is easier to find;
Select the common measure you want;
After selecting the measure, write the number of portions. You can set portions such as 0.5 or 1.5:
The meal plan will display common measures alongside grams in the printed version or mobile app, facilitating easy quantification for clients.
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