Ch 2 - Study Points Flashcards
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans give consumers advice regarding general components of the diet.
What diet planning principles are important when choosing a healthful diet?
The diet-planning principles of adequacy, balance, calorie(energy) control, nutrient density, moderation, and variety are important concepts of choosing a healthful diet.
What is MyPyramid
MyPyramid is a graphic representation of a good guidance system that supports the principles of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
MyPyramids Food Groups
Each food group in MyPyramid has a recommended daily amount based on calorie needs. Choose a variety of foods from each group to obtain all the nutrients.
What is the Exchange List?
The Exchange List are a diet-planning tool most often used for diabetic or weight-control diets.
Exchange List servings
Servings for each food in the Exchange List are grouped so that equal amounts of carbohydrates, fat, and protein are provided by each choice.
What are dietary standards?
Dietary standards are values for individual nutrients that reflect recommended intake levels. These values are used for planning and evaluating diets for groups and individuals.
What are Dietary Reference Intakes?
The Dietary Reference Intake are the current dietary standards in the United States and Canada. The DRIs consist of several types of values: EAR, RDA, AI, UL, EER, and AMDR.
How can you use a Nutrition Label?
Nutrition information on good labels can be used to select a more healthful diet.
What does Nutrition Label Information provide?
Label information not only provides the gram or milligram amounts of the nutrients present, but also gives a percentage of Daily Values so that the consumer can compare the amount in the good to the amount recommended for consumption each day.
What did the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 do?
nutrition information, label statements, and health
Claims are specifically defined by the regulations that were developed after passage of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990.
What is a Nutrition Assessment?
Nutrition assessment is a process of determining the overall health of a person as related to nutrition.
What are the four major factors of a Nutrition Assessment?
Nutrition assessment involves four major factors: anthropometric measurements, biochemical tests, clinical observations, and dietary intake.
