Making Healthier Foods and Physical Activity Choices with SuperTracker

Abstract

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that over two million Americans are using USDA’s SuperTracker (Kevin Concannon, Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services; March 27, 2013). SuperTracker is an online, interactive tool with which users can create customized healthy dietary and physical activity plans. It can help users analyze their dietary trends and assess whether they are achieving their dietary and physical activity goals. In addition to users’ planning, assessment, and analysis, SuperTracker offers personal goal setting and journaling – recording daily events. This article walks you through the basics of SuperTracker.