Summary
The website contains information regarding healthy eating and acts as a reminder for the different users to observe a given system and nutritional style. It is addressing the growing need for proper dieting by Americans who continue to suffer from lifestyle diseases due to poor dietary behavior that leads to series of ailments (www.choosemyplate.gov).
What the site tells me
The site tells me to build a healthy eating style by choosing the right dietary style that will act as the determinant factor in our primary health. The site tells us that eating is influenced by several a factor amongst which is the stage of life.
Why it was created
The website was designed to act as a reminder for the dietary expectation for the Americans. It has been established to serve as a reminder of the need to practice healthy eating culture that will help improve the health of every American.
My overall impression
The overall impression by the website is good. The user interface of the website is designed in conformity with the GUI design principles (www.etc.usf.edu). There is a proper organization of the web pages and extensive information on the web page thus making it easy to read the content.
Improvement of the site
The site should incorporate live chat widget to enable real-time conversation with visitors.
How the site can be useful to health educator
It contains information that is relevant to the educator and can be for health tutelage. The page was produced by an official government agency. The website domain is www.choosemyplate.gov. The purpose was to convey the nutritional information.
The audience-it includes any American of any age and gender who needs to live a healthy lifestyle. The site intends to provide information regarding a healthy way of life.
Objectivity-the site is impartial and conveys information that is unbiased
Coverage-the information captured is detailed and in-depth.
Currency-the page was last updated on 29th September 2015.
Function-it is easy to navigate the page as it uses navigation keys that are simple to use. It also provides the reference to other sites (www.library.illinois.edu).
Works cited
Audiences., “ChooseMyPlate” (2015, September 29). Retrieved February 8, 2016, from http://www.choosemyplate.gov/audience
How can my students know if a web source is reliable? Retrieved February 8, 2016, from http://etc.usf.edu/techease/win/internet/how-can-my-students-know-if-a-web-source-is-reliable/.
Evaluating Internet sources. Retrieved February 8, 2016, from Illionis Library, http://www.library.illinois.edu/ugl/howdoi/webeval.html.
