11:709:255 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Soft Drink, Fallacy, Cholesterol
23 May 2014
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Looking healthy on the outside: thin, not necessarily healthy. Diet and physical activity patterns of children will affect their health as they grow. Unhealthy eating habits, such as high fat, low fruit and vegetable consumption, low calcium intake, began in early childhood. Likewise with exercise habits or lack of exercise. Has developed tools to help people understand food and nutrient intake and try to develop healthy eating patterns. The first is the dietary guidelines for americans for 2010. Maintain calorie balance overtime to achieve and sustain a healthy weight. Focus on consuming nutrient-dense foods and beverages. Fallacy: people say carbs when they mean starchy foods, such as bread and. Those foods contain carbohydrates, but also protein, fat, vitamins, and minerals. Many preschool kids fail to consume enough fruits, veggies, bread & whole pasta grains. School-age kids only eating 20% of dark green and orange veggies and only 40% of total veggies needed.
