HN 196 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dash Diet, Cream Cheese, Myplate
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Nutrition 196 eating wisely (chapter 2 continued) A set of principles developed by: us department of health and human services, us department of agriculture. Revised every 5 years (most recent is the 2015) Designed to: promote health, reduce the risk for chronic diseases, reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity. Visual representation of the usda food patterns. An interactive, personalized guide that can be accessed on the internet. Intended to help americans: eat in moderation to balance calories, eat a variety of foods, consume correct proportions of the recommended food groups, personalize their eating plan. Increase their physical activity: set goals for gradual improvement in their food choices and lifestyle. Some sort of (cid:862)unique(cid:863) things of the food groupings in myplate. Grains any food made from grains counts as a grain group: whole or refined. Grain foods with added sugar/fat count as a grain: doughnuts count despite their empty kcals.
