TOOLS Flashcards
Developed by nutrition experts or educators
Qualitative tool in planning nutritious diets for masses
Translates nutritional requirements into simple, practical and non-technical language
Food Pyramid
What are the three main groups?
body building foods
regulating foods
energy foods
Compilations of nutrient requirements or allowances in specific quantities
Assess the nutritional adequacy of diets and principle individuality
Dietary Standards
minimum amount needed
Dietary requirements
Minimum requirements plus a safety factor called “margin of safety” to allow for individual variations of body storage, state of health, nutrient utilization and other day-to-day variations within a person
Recommended Dietary Allowances
To emphasize that the standards are in terms of nutrients and not foods or diets
Recommended Energy and Nutrient Intakes (RENI)
a daily nutrient intake value that is estimated to meet the requirement half of the healthy individuals in a life stage or gender group.
Estimated Average Requirement
which are average daily dietary intake level sufficient to meet nutrient requirements
Recommended Dietary Allowance
a recommended intake value based on observed or experimentally determined estimates of nutrient intake by a group of healthy people that are assumed to be adequate
Adequate Intake
the highest level of daily nutrient intake that is likely to pose no risk or adverse effects in almost all individuals in general population
Tolerable Upper Intake Levels
The chemical composition of a food, whether of animal or plant origin, varies according to kind or breed, maturity or age, part of plant or carcass, soil fertility, climate, handling and storage conditions, marketing and agricultural practices and a host of other uncontrollable factors.
Food Composition Table
Is a grouping of common foods that have practically the same amount of protein, carbohydrate and fat.
Food exchange list
Used to calculate protein, carbohydrate, fat and calories in a given meal or diet.
Food Exchange List
Primary recommendations to promote good health habits through proper nutrition.
Nutritional Guidelines
What are the purpose of Nutritional Guidelines?
- Provide the general public with recommendations about
proper diet and wholesome practices - Provide those concerned with nutrition information and education with a handy reference for their counselling and educational services
When a person says “this food is nutritious” Food contains more nutrients other than calories
Nutrient Density
It is a relative measure of nutrients in food proportion to its caloric intake.
Nutrient Density
Is a description intended to inform the consumer of nutritional properties.
Nutritional Labelling
What are the 2 components of Nutritional Labelling?
Nutrient Declaration
Nutrient claim
standardized statement of listing
of the nutrient content food
nutrient declaration
representation which states or implies that a food has some particular nutritional properties
nutritional claim
BFAD
Bureau of Food and Drugs
is defined as the process of identifying nutritional characteristics known to be associated with nutritional problems.
nutritional screening
is the condition of the body that results from the utilization of essential nutrients made available from his/her daily diet.
Nutriture