Vocabulary Terms
A food guidance system that is based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and offers tools and resources that help individuals make changes to their eating habits
What is MyPlate?
The Guidelines are revised every ______ years.
What is every five years?
These are the five categories of the MyPlate Food Guidance System
What are fruits, grains, veggies, proteins, and dairy?
DASH stands for
What is Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension?
Another tool that can be used to plan a healthy meal or follow a special diet is:
What is Choose your Foods: Food Lists System?
The average daily intake of a nutrient required to meet the needs of more healthy individuals
What is the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)?
The Guidelines reflect these items (name two)
What are current science, guidelines for healthy food choices, aids policy makers, provides direction for industries, basis for education programs?
Fruits and vegetables provide this to your system
What are nutrients, fiber, and minerals?
Following the recommendations of the DASH diet may reduce risks for:
What are some cancers, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, kidney stones, osteoporosis, and hypertension?
The Food Lists were developed by:
What are the American Dietetic Associations and the American Diabetes Association?
Recommended nutrient intakes developed to represent the needs of a typical individual
What are Daily Values?
What are follow a healthy eating pattern across the lifespan, focus on variety, nutrient density, and amount, limit calories from sugars, fats, and sodium, shift to healthier food and beverage choices, support healthy eating patterns for all
This groups supplies a variety of nutrients to the diet, including essential fatty acids, B vitamins, iron, zinc, magnesium, and vitamin E
What are protein foods?
The plan is rich in:
What are fruits, vegetables, and whole grains?
The system was originally used to help:
Ranges of recommended dietary intake for a particular macronutrient energy source that are intended to help people achieve a balanced, healthy diet
What is Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Ranges (AMDR)?
Nutrient-dense foods and beverages provide
What are vitamins, minerals, and other substances that contribute to adequate nutrition or may have positive health effects
1/2 a cup of cooked brown rice is about this much of your daily grains
What is 1 ounce of grains?
The DASH diets recommends _____ daily servings of fats and oils.
What are 2-3 teaspoons?
To successfully use the Food Lists:
What are know what your particular dietary requirements are and the number of calories you need each day?
Information and advice published by the United States Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture that promote health through improved nutrition and physical activity
What is the Dietary Guidelines for Americans?
This requires the support of home, school, work, communities, healthcare providers, and everyone who cares about health of the nation
What is shifting to healthy eating behaviors?
This is the food group in which you should eat the most of
What are grains - especially whole grains?
The DASH eating plans works by
With practice: