Source: https://docs.tracked.gg/concepts/nutrition

# Nutrition plans, targets, and logs

Nutrition targets describe an intended daily intake. Meal plans describe planned food. Nutrition logs record what a member entered. These are separate sources of information.

## Targets and timing

A target may include calories and nutrient amounts. Use the effective date and the target type returned by the current workflow. Do not assume a new target should replace all historical targets.

For a coach's change request, identify the focused client, the requested nutrients, the intended amounts, and when the change should take effect.

## Recorded intake

A nutrition summary describes recorded intake for its reported period and coverage. An unlogged day is not evidence that someone consumed zero calories. State whether an average is calculated over logged days or another denominator supplied by the tool.

Food quantities, serving units, and nutrient units must remain explicit. Do not silently treat cooked and raw quantities as interchangeable.

## Reading a plan

A meal plan does not prove adherence. Compare planned and logged intake only when both are available and the periods match. Missing nutrient fields are unavailable, not zero.

Water tracking and recovery measurements may be separate tools or sources; do not assume their availability from a calorie summary.

## Changing a client's targets

The coaching dashboard assistant can propose supported nutrition-target changes for the focused client. The coach must confirm the displayed proposal before the write is applied.

The external public connector cannot edit nutrition. See [change a client's nutrition targets](/workflows/update-nutrition-targets) for the supported dashboard workflow.