Health Notes Flashcards
Categories on MyPlate graphic organizer
Fruits, Grains, Vegetables, Protein, Dairy
What are the five main concepts promoted by the Dietary Guidelines?
- Follow a healthy eating pattern throughout your life.
- Focus on the variety, nutrient density, and the amount of foods you eat.
- limit how much added sugar, saturated fats, and sodium is in your food.
- Shift to healthier food and beverage choices
- Support healthy patterns of eating for others you know.
Dietary Guidelines
United States government recommendations for forming patterns of eating that will promote health.
MyPlate food guidance system
United States government system that helps people put the Dietary Guidelines into practice.
Nutrient-Dense foods
Foods that are rich in needed nutrients but have little or no solid fats, added sugars, refined starches, and sodium.
Overnutrition
Conditions that results from people eating too many foods that contain high amounts of added sugar, solid fat, sodium, refined carbohydrates, or too many calories.
undernutrition
Condition that results from people not receiving all the nutrients they need from the foods they eat.
Definition: United States government recommendations for forming patterns of eating that will promote health.
Dietary Guidelines
United States government system that helps people put the Dietary Guidelines into practice.
MyPlate food guidance system
Foods that are rich in needed nutrients but have little or no solid fats, added sugars, refined starches, and sodium.
Nutrient-dense foods
Conditions that results from people eating too many foods that contain high amounts of added sugar, solid fat, sodium, refined carbohydrates, or too many calories.
Overnutrition
Condition that results from people not receiving all the nutrients they need from the foods they eat.
Undernutrition
What is on the back of products to give information about the item?
Nutrition Facts
Food groups:
Protein, carbs, dairy, vitamins, minerals, and fat.
Why did they create the MyPlate food guidance system?
They created the MyPlate food guidance system to help people put the Dietary Guidelines into practice. It is designed to remind people about the proportion of different foods they should eat at a meal.
