misc.
What is Energy balance?
•Energy intake versus energy expenditure
•Macronutrient composition of the diet
Determines whether or not a person loses weight.
What is being in Energy Balance?
When the calories you consume meet your needs, you are in energy balance. Your weight will be stable.
What are the esthetic changes that have been made to the nutrition facts label?
What are the 5 components of food labels?
Statement of identity, net contents of package, ingredient list, nutrition information, information of food manufacturer, packer, or distributor.
What is the Adequate Intake (AI)?
The recommended average daily nutrient intake level, based on experimentally derived intake levels or approximations of observed mean nutrient intake by a group (or groups) of apparently healthy people that are assumed to be adequate.
What are factors that influence weight gain/loss?
(The development of overweight and obesity is usually multifactorial)
•Genetic, Cultural, Metabolic, Economic, Physiologic, Social, Behavioral are all things that influence...
What is an Energy Deficit?
When you consume fewer calories than you expend, your body will draw upon your stored energy to meet its needs. You will lose weight.
What is an adequate diet?
•Provides enough energy, nutrients, fiber, vitamins, and minerals to support a person’s health
•A diet high in many nutrients can still be inadequate in a few nutrients
What is the nutrition facts label?
•contains the nutrition information required by the FDA
What are Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs)?
The levels of intake of essential nutrients that, on the basis of scientific knowledge, are judged by the Food and Nutrition Board to be adequate to meet the known nutrient needs of practically all healthy persons.
What are Nutrient Dense Foods?
Foods that provide the most nutrients for the fewest calories.
What is an Energy Excess?
When you take in more calories than you need, the surplus Calories will be stored as fat. You will gain weight.
What is a moderate diet?
A diet that contains the right amounts of foods for maintaining proper health
What occurred in 1994?
This is when the nutrition facts panel was first required.
What is the Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL)?
The highest level of daily nutrient intake that is likely to pose no risk of adverse health effects to almost all individuals in the general population.
What is serving size and servings per container?
•can be used to plan appropriate amounts of food
What are Empty Calories?
Calories from solid fats and/or added sugars that provide few or no nutrients.
What is a balanced diet?
•The right combinations of foods to provide the proper balance of nutrients
What are serving sizes based on?
This is based on what people typically consume, not what they should consume.
What are the four characteristics of a healthy diet?
adequate, moderate, balanced, and varied
What are new food serving sizes aiming to be based on?
By law, serving size must be based on the amounts of foods and beverages that people are actually eating, not what they should be eating.
What are examples of added sugars that can now be seen on the nutrition facts label?
sucrose, dextrose
What is a varied diet?
•Eating many different types of foods each day
•A healthful diet is not based on only one or a few types of foods
What occurred on May 7th, 2018?
Beginning this day, the FDA requires calories be listed next to the name or price of a food on menus and menu boards that are part of a chain of 20+ locations.
•These establishments are also required to provide written nutrition information to consumers upon request.
What are examples of nutrient dense foods?
Vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, nuts and seeds, and lean protein