Nutrition and Your HealthChapter 5, Lesson 3

Section 1:• Dietary Guidelines for Americans• MyPyramid

Section 2: • Nutritional Facts Label• Serving Size• Portion Size

Making Healthy Food Choices

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans

The MyPyramid Food Guidance System

The Nutrition Facts Label

• Designed to help Americans get more nutrients without extra calories.

Recommendations:– Eat more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat milk

products, fish, beans, peas, nuts, and seeds.

– Minimize the intake of saturated fats, trans fat, cholesterol, salt, and added sugar.

– Engage in at least 60 minutes of physical activity everyday to help maintain a healthy weight and reduce risk of chronic diseases.

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans

Choose healthy, nutritious food Choose more whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and low-fat milk and get

your protein from a variety of sources such as lean meats, fish, nuts, seeds, and legumes. Eat foods that are low in Calories but are rich in important

nutrients.

Stay Fit Aim to stay at a healthy weight by limiting high-Calorie foods and by being physically active everyday.

Limit food items that increase disease risk

Choose foods that are low in salt, sugar saturated fat and trans fat.

• A food guidance system that is used as a tool to help understand how much of each type of food you should eat everyday.

• 5 Stripes = 5 Food Groups

• Width = Relative portion of your diet.

• The groups with the widest strips include grains, vegetables, fruit, milk, meats and beans.

• The amount of food each person need depends on:

1. Age

2. Sex (Male/Female)

3. Level of daily physical activity.

MyPyramid Transparency

• Reference:

Decision for Health TextbookChapter 5, Lesson 3

Level Red

Authors: Rheinhart and Winston Holt (2007)

DIRECTIONS: Interview your partner about their food choices and physical activity.

•What did you eat for breakfast and lunch today?• How did you exercise yesterday?

Look at your “Quick Interview” results.

• Design a one day meal for your partner:

1. Breakfast

2. Lunch

3. Dinner