USDA Guidelines Flashcards
Big picture
reflect evidence based research to help people achieve and maintain good health
-develop federal food, nutrition, and health policies and programs
-developed BY policy makers
-designed FOR health professionals
Healthy eating index
HEI is a measure used to assess how well diets aligns with DGA
mediterranean style
-reflects eating patterns associated with positive health
-more fruits and seafood less dairy
-Daily PA,meals together
Vegetarian
=meets the same nutrient guidelines
-amoint of soy, legumes, nuts, seeds, and whole grains
-meat, poultry, and seafood are replaced with dairy and egg
Overconsumption
-added sugar
-saturated fat
-sodium
=alcohol
Underconsumption
calcium, potassium, fiber, vitamin D
Recommendations
-Increase FV and replace refined grains with whole grains
-lowfat milk and soy alt
-replace saturated fats with unsat
-limit salt, added sugars and alcohol