EXCI 204 Lecture 4: Lecture 4 Notes – Dietary Guidelines

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Exercise Sci.
• Course: EXCI 204
• Professor: Patricia Rehel

Document Summary

Lecture 4 dietary guidelines & canada"s food guide. Topics: dietary guidelines for americans (& canadians) principles for healthy eating and physical activity, canada"s food guide for healthy eating. Dietary guidelines: dietary guidelines for americans are recommendations for diet and a healthy lifestyle (every 5 years they are updated) Included also are recommendations for physical activity: canada"s food guide is issued from a similar scientific group, and has similar recommendations, the recommendations are for everyone over two years of age. Dietary guidelines the recommendations: the guidelines have three main aims, to promote a healthy weight. To promote overall good health: to reduce risk of chronic disease, the dietary guidelines for americans encompass two main concepts, maintain calorie balance over time to achieve and sustain a healthy weight. Maintain a healthy weight encourages healthy body weight maintenance, curbing weight gain and obesity prevention. Promotion of overall health foster better health for today by securing an adequate diet.