FSHN 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Nutrition Facts Label, Trans Fat, Unsaturated Fat

• School: University of Illinois
• Department: Food Science and Human Nutrition
• Course: FSHN 101
• Professor: Bohn Dawn

Document Summary

Dietary guidelines for americans, nutrition facts label, and my plate. A. help american put into practice the dri info. Helps answer questions related to diet such as: Makers, nutrition educators, policy makers, nutritionist, health care provider (rather than general public) Nutrition labeling and education act of 1990 increased gov regulation of food labels. Established standardized serving sizes within product categories. Set definitions for uniform use of nutrient content on labels. Set criteria for approval and use of health claims on labels. Health claim is defined by the act as any claim that expressly or by. Implication characterizes the relationship of any substance to a disease or health related condition . Ex: cheerios: clinically proven to help prevent cholesterol . Reading the label: what info is available. Realistic, standardized serving size for similar products. Number of total calories and calories from fat per serving. Daily value standard for a 2000 calories and 2500 calories diets.