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This document provides guidelines and information about making healthy food choices. It discusses nutrients like proteins and carbohydrates. It recommends eating a variety of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins and limiting saturated fats. Physical activity of 60 minutes per day is also encouraged. Healthy eating patterns include breakfast, snacks with nutrients and reading food labels for nutritional information.

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QuizName 3 of the 6 nutrientsNutrient that provides growth/repairNutrient that provides energyWhat is the equivelent to the motor of a car in the body?Give and example of Breads and the 3 degrees of fuel
Guidelines for Eating Right and Active LivingMy Pyramid Helps you apply what you know about nutrients to choose healthful foods.MyPyramid: an interactive guide to healthful eating and active living.
Your Best Choices Using My PyramidFocus on Fruit: fresh whole fruit vs. juicesVary your Veggies: Eat a good mix of colorful veggies. (Green/Yellow/Orange)Get your Calcium: dairy (teens 3 cups a day)Make sure your grains are WHOLE: brown rice, whole grain bread, pasta and crackers.Go Lean Protein: grilled/baked/broilLimit Certain Foods: sugar/salt/saturated fats
Balancing Food and Physical ActivityEven if you eat the right amount and mix of healthful foods, you can still be overweight if you aren’t getting enough physical activty.Guidelines recommend that teens should be physically active for 60 minutes almost every day.
Healthy Eating PatternsNutrient Dense Food: high ratio of nutrients to calories.Start the day off right: BREAKFASTBENEFITS OF EATING BREAKFAST:Do better in schoolLess likely to be overweightMore mentally alertMore energySensible Snacks: fresh fruit, veggies, nuts, string cheese, popcorn, fat free yogurt, bread
Nutrition BasicsFood Labels provide information about the ingredients and nutritional value of foods.FOOD LABELS:Name of the FoodAmount in packageIngredients in foodNutrients found in food
Nutritional ClaimsFree: contains none, or an insignificant amount of fat, sugar, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium or caloriesLow: you can eat this food regularly without exceeding your daily limits for fats, cholesterol, sodium. (3 grams or less per serving)Light: 1/3 fewer calories, ½ the fat or sodium from the original product
Nutritional ClaimsReduced: contains 25% fewer calories ore 25 %less of a given nutrient than the original.
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  • 2. QuizName 3 of the 6 nutrientsNutrient that provides growth/repairNutrient that provides energyWhat is the equivelent to the motor of a car in the body?Give and example of Breads and the 3 degrees of fuel
  • 3. Guidelines for Eating Right and Active LivingMy Pyramid Helps you apply what you know about nutrients to choose healthful foods.MyPyramid: an interactive guide to healthful eating and active living.
  • 4. Your Best Choices Using My PyramidFocus on Fruit: fresh whole fruit vs. juicesVary your Veggies: Eat a good mix of colorful veggies. (Green/Yellow/Orange)Get your Calcium: dairy (teens 3 cups a day)Make sure your grains are WHOLE: brown rice, whole grain bread, pasta and crackers.Go Lean Protein: grilled/baked/broilLimit Certain Foods: sugar/salt/saturated fats
  • 5. Balancing Food and Physical ActivityEven if you eat the right amount and mix of healthful foods, you can still be overweight if you aren’t getting enough physical activty.Guidelines recommend that teens should be physically active for 60 minutes almost every day.
  • 6. Healthy Eating PatternsNutrient Dense Food: high ratio of nutrients to calories.Start the day off right: BREAKFASTBENEFITS OF EATING BREAKFAST:Do better in schoolLess likely to be overweightMore mentally alertMore energySensible Snacks: fresh fruit, veggies, nuts, string cheese, popcorn, fat free yogurt, bread
  • 7. Nutrition BasicsFood Labels provide information about the ingredients and nutritional value of foods.FOOD LABELS:Name of the FoodAmount in packageIngredients in foodNutrients found in food
  • 8. Nutritional ClaimsFree: contains none, or an insignificant amount of fat, sugar, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium or caloriesLow: you can eat this food regularly without exceeding your daily limits for fats, cholesterol, sodium. (3 grams or less per serving)Light: 1/3 fewer calories, ½ the fat or sodium from the original product
  • 9. Nutritional ClaimsReduced: contains 25% fewer calories ore 25 %less of a given nutrient than the original.