Food journal defaults

Food Journal settings are managed in Settings. In the left sidebar, click Settings. In the settings menu, under Care, click Food Journal. When the feature is on, a patient's Food Journal page can show meal entries, nutrition trends with Calories, Macros, and Meals, targets, and an Entries section.

How do I turn the Food Journal on or off?

In the left sidebar, click Settings. In the settings menu, under Care, click Food Journal to control meal logging for the whole practice.

Use Settings (1) to open the settings area. Then use Food Journal (2) under Care to open the Food Journal setting.

Use Settings (1) in the left sidebar to open Settings, and use Food Journal (2) under Care to open the Food Journal setting in the main panel.

1. In the left sidebar, click Settings.
2. In the settings menu, under Care, click Food Journal.
3. Turn Food Journal on or off.
4. Click Save changes.

When the change saves, it applies to the whole practice. If the feature is on, patients can use Food Journal in the patient portal, and the patient chart can show Food Journal under Journals.

How do I set nutrition targets for a patient?

In the left sidebar, click Patients, then click the patient's name. In the patient chart sidebar, under Journals, click Food Journal to set daily targets for that patient. Those targets are used in the chart analytics and in the patient's own daily macro summary.

Use Food Journal (1) in the patient chart to open the journal page. In Targets (2), select Set or Edit to open the target sheet.

1. In the left sidebar, click Patients, then click the patient's name.
2. In the patient chart sidebar, under Journals, click Food Journal.
3. In Targets, select Set if there is no target, or Edit if there is one.
4. If you want a starting point, choose Start from preset.
5. Enter Calories, Protein, Carbs, and Fat.
6. If needed, open Optional: Fiber & Sodium targets and enter Fiber or Sodium.
7. Select Save target.

The Targets card updates with the saved values, and the page compares average calories, protein, carbs, and fat with that target.

How do I hide calories from a patient?

In the left sidebar, click Patients, then click the patient's name. In the patient chart sidebar, under Journals, click Food Journal to change whether the patient sees calories in their own journal.

Use Hide calories from patient (1) to change what the patient sees. Then select Save target (2) to apply it.

1. In the left sidebar, click Patients, then click the patient's name.
2. In the patient chart sidebar, under Journals, click Food Journal.
3. In Targets, select Set or Edit.
4. Turn on Hide calories from patient.
5. Select Save target.

The Targets card shows Calories hidden from patient. In the patient portal, calorie counts are hidden from the daily summary and nutrient details, but protein, carbs, and fat stay visible.

What food journal presets are available?

In a patient's Food Journal, use Start from preset when you want a starting point you can adjust before saving.

Use Start from preset (1) to open the preset list. Standard (2), Weight Loss (3), High Protein (4), Low Carb (5), and Low Sodium (6) are the available presets in that list.

Preset	Calories	Protein	Carbs	Fat	Other target
Standard	2,000 kcal	150 g	250 g	65 g	—
Weight Loss	1,500 kcal	140 g	150 g	50 g	—
High Protein	2,200 kcal	200 g	200 g	70 g	—
Low Carb	1,800 kcal	160 g	100 g	100 g	—
Low Sodium	2,000 kcal	130 g	260 g	65 g	Sodium 1,500 mg

Choosing a preset fills the target fields. You can change any value before selecting Save target.

If you choose a preset after turning on Hide calories from patient, turn Hide calories from patient on again before you select Save target.

What can't I do here?

Food Journal settings and targets have these limits:

• Only owners and admins can change the practice-wide Food Journal setting in Settings, and they save that change with Save changes.
• In a patient's Food Journal, Save target stays unavailable until Calories has a value.
• In a read-only patient chart, Set or Edit in Targets is unavailable.
• Custom date ranges on the patient Food Journal page cannot go past today.
• If Food Journal is off, opening Food Journal from the patient chart sends you back to Patients, and opening Food Journal in the patient portal sends the patient back to the portal home.

Common questions

What does turning on Food Journal include?

Turning on Food Journal enables patient meal logging with food item details, clinician daily nutrition analytics, and nutritional target management.

Where do clinicians review a patient's food journal?

In the left sidebar, click Patients, then open the patient and click Food Journal under Journals. The page includes a date range filter, summary cards for Avg Calories, Avg Protein, Avg Carbs, Avg Fat, Compliance, and Logging, a Trends card with Calories, Macros, and Meals, a Targets card, and an Entries section. For the rest of that page, see Food journal and nutrition targets.

How are target comparisons calculated?

Average calories, protein, carbs, and fat are compared with the saved target. Values within 10% of the target show as On target. Compliance counts the days with entries that are within 10% for calories, protein, carbs, and fat.

Can patients still see protein, carbs, and fat if calories are hidden?

Yes. Hide calories from patient hides calorie counts, but protein, carbs, and fat stay visible in the patient's macro summary and nutrient details.

Where do patients find Food Journal?

When Food Journal is on, patients can open Food Journal in the patient portal. The portal home can also show a Food Journal quick link when the feature is available. Food journal entries are not available there while the patient is acting for a dependent.