So you have reached a stumbling block in the tutorial or looking formore information? Perhaps yours is a question that has come up before.You may also want to review the introductory commentsabout the tutorial.
First you get your web browser working. Then either minimize that windowor size it to use just part of your viewing area. Start FoodFocus as youwould normally. If you are using Microsoft Windows 3, you may want to pressthe Alt and Tab keys to switch between FoodFocus and the tutorial in theweb browser. You can also drag the FoodFocus window off to the right byclicking on the FoodFocus title bar, holding the mouse button down anddragging so you can see both the FoodFocus and the web browser/tutorialwindow. Then you can just click on one or the other to switch to that window.With Windows 95, you also can click on the task name at the bottom of thepage to switch between tasks.
If your computer does not have enough memory, it (and particularilyyour web browser) may run into problems. That should not happen with relativelyrecent computers. When you have such a problem you are probably best toprint the lessons you want to work on and use that as a substitute forthe on-line tutorial. Or you could move to another computer that has moreresources.
The rainbow is showing you that the first few carrots provide a varietyof nutrients that help you meet your Recommended Nutrient Intake but thatsome other foods are then a better choice to help you meet the remainingnutrients that foods from the vegetables and fruit food group should provide.It is reminding you that you should eat a variety of foods from each foodgroup.
A complete happy face indicates that the distribution of nutrients inthe foods you have selected meets your RNI's after adjustment for the amountof energy in the foods (that is, when you consider nutrient balance). Acomplete rainbow indicates you have selected foods with a nutrient contentsimilar to Health Canada Food Guide examples for the basic food groups.The Health Canada Food Guide examples tend to be nutrient dense foods soby choosing such foods you can expect to exceed RNI recommendations.
Therefore there are two ways that you can have a complete happy faceand not a complete rainbow. If you have an appropriate distribution offoods but not enough of them you could easily have a complete happy face(good nutrient balance) but not a full rainbow (not enough food servings).If you choose nutrient dense foods, it is possible to meet your RNI's beforeyou consume all the servings suggested in the Health Canada Food Guide.That would also result in a complete happy face but not a full rainbow.
You probably have the student version of FoodFocus (only the teacher copycan do that editing). Restart FoodFocusand note whether the startup message tells you that you have the "studentedition" or the "full featured" or teacher edition.
Some nutrient data is missing from the Canadian Nutrient Files. Althoughnutrition data bases are improving, new knowledge about the importanceof certain nutrients is making some nutrient data more important than itwas in the past. FoodFocus makes it easy for you to check the nutrientdata for each food you select and you should try and stay aware of thequality of data you are using.
Hopefully with some difficulty. FoodFocus uses typical Recommended NutrientIntake values and is designed to convey nutrition fundamentals. It is nota weight loss program. In many ways FoodFocus emphasizes the relative nutrientcontent rather than the total amount of food.
Nutrients, nutrition and healthy eating may be addressed in differentways in biology, science and physical fitness. The nutrition data thatcan be exported to spreadsheet applications can be used for exercises indata presentation, data manipulation or graphing.
The about FoodFocus section indicates howyou can contact us. We have conducted worshops from Halifax to Vancouverand we may be able to conduct a workshop for you. If this Internet UsingFoodFocus approach seems to be the most practical, we can arrange for copiesof FoodFocus and other materials for use during the workshop and we canarrange to be available during the workshop to answer (by phone or fax) any questions that arise.
The about FoodFocus sectionindicates how you can contact us. For many questions email or fax may bethe most practical approach.
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