By: Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak, MS, RD Date: 12/22/11
Losing weight is one of the most common New Year’s Resolutions, but most people fail to turn those resolutions into results. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released USDA’s SuperTracker, a free online tool designed to help Americans make healthful food and physical activity choices - just in time to help you keep your New Year’s resolutions.
You can access this free, on-line tool anytime and can choose a variety of features to support your nutrition and physical activity goals. SuperTracker offers the ability to:
• Personalize recommendations for what and how much to eat and amount of physical activity.
• Track foods and physical activity from an expanded database of foods and physical activities.
• Customize features such as goal setting, virtual coaching, weight tracking and journaling.
• Measure progress with comprehensive reports ranging from a simple meal summary to in-depth analysis of food groups and nutrient intake over time.
• Support family and friends by adding their individual profiles.
Release of this new web tool comes as USDA highlights the second in a series of themed messages supporting the MyPlate icon – Enjoy Your Food, But Eat Less – that USDA is promoting the next three months in conjunction with more than 5,000 organizations participating in the MyPlate Nutrition Communicators Network.
As Americans are experiencing epidemic rates of overweight and obesity, the SuperTracker and other online resources and tools available at ChooseMyPlate.gov can empower people to take control of their health, make healthful food and physical activity choices for themselves, their families and their children and monitor their progress toward real results.
How will you take resolutions to results in 2012?