NUTR100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Dietary Reference Intake, Saturated Fat, Hypercholesterolemia

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Nutrition
• Course: NUTR100
• Professor: Sabina Valentine

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Nutrient intake during childhood helps to shape the adult that a child will become. A nutritious, well-balanced eating pattern and active lifestyle allow children to grow to their potential and can prevent or delay the onset of the chronic diseases that plague canadian adults. The canadian community healthy survey (cchs) found that the diets of canadian children and youths are not as healthy as they could be. The canadian healthy eating index generates a score for the overall quality of a diet based on its (cid:272)o(cid:374)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e to ca(cid:374)ada(cid:859)s food guide. The i(cid:374)de(cid:454) has a (cid:373)a(cid:454)i(cid:373)u(cid:373) s(cid:272)o(cid:396)e of 100 points. The more closely an individual(cid:859)s diet (cid:272)o(cid:373)es to (cid:373)eeti(cid:374)g the (cid:396)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)e(cid:374)datio(cid:374)s of ca(cid:374)ada(cid:859)s food guide, the higher the score. Points are lost if an inadequate number of servings is consumed in each of the 4 food groups and if high amounts of saturated fat, sodium o(cid:396) (cid:862)foods to limit(cid:863) a(cid:396)e consumed.