ChooseMyPlate
Pregnancy Nutrition
Postartum Nutrition
Breastfeeding Nutrition
Miscellaneous
100
The diagram which replaced the USDA Food Guide Pyramid.
What is Choose My Plate?
100
The extra amount of calories needed per day during pregnancy.
What is 300 calories?
100
Foods that taste yummy, but have little nutrients to them.
What are high fat, high sugar foods?
100
The number of extra calories burned daily while breastfeeding.
What is 500 Calories?
100
Types of diets you should not use when trying to loose weight.
What are fad diets?
200
The ChooseMyPlate.gov website stresses half of your plate should be filled with these.
What are fruits and vegetables?
200
These are nutrition related problems that can develop during pregnancy.
What are constipation, anemia (low iron in the blood), gestational diabetes, swelling in feet and hands, food poisoning and weak bones?
200
A way to burn calories and tone muscles.
What is exercise?
200
The extra number of ounces of protein needed daily while breastfeeding.
What is 2-3 ounces?
200
A program that provides food/formula, nutrition information and breast feeding education and support.
What is the WIC Program?
300
The SuperTracker, found on the ChooseMyPlate.gov website, helps you track this.
What is food intake?
300
Reason why fish are limited during pregnancy.
What are contaminants, such as mercury? MN Department of Health - Families Guide to Eating Minnesota Fish.
300
A time period after you deliver, when not to worry about loosing weight.
What is 6-8 weeks?
300
The reason why breastfeeding helps decrease the risk of anemia (low iron in the blood).
What is reduced postpartum blood loss?
300
60-70% of our bodies are made of this.
What is water?
400
Messages the ChooseMyPlate.gov website promotes.
What are: Eat your food, but eat less of it? Avoid oversized portions? Make at least half your grains, whole grains? Switch to 1% or skim milk? Make half your plate fruits and vegetables? Choose foods with lower amounts of sodium? Drink water instead of sugary drinks?
400
The amount of weight a women should gain during pregnancy.
What is about 25-35 pounds?
400
What to ask yourself before you start eating.
What are how hungry am I and am I emotionally or physically hungry?
400
The supplement that is recommended to be continued after pregnancy if you are breastfeeding.
What are prenatal vitamins?
400
The number of calories you burn every mile you walk or run.
What is 100 calories?
500
ChooseMyPlate.gov website provides nutrition information for these age groups.
What are 2-5 year olds, 6-12 year olds, college students and adults? (Pregnant and breastfeeding women too)
500
Amount of weight to gain weekly during the 2nd and 3rd trimesters.
What is one pound?
500
A web site that gives practical, reliable nutrition information to help you and your family eat in a healthy way during all stages of your lives.
What is the ChooseMyPlate.gov website?
500
This is a web site to help you eat healthier.
What is ChooseMyPlate.gov website?
500
The four simple steps to food safety.
What are: Wash hands often? Don't cross-contaminate? Cook to proper temperatures? Refrigerate promptly?