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Designing a Healthful Diet

Week 2: Designing a Healthful Diet Tuesday, January 17, 2023 9:07 PM Lecture 1: Healthful Diet What is a Healthful Diet? o Adequate Provides enough energy, nutrients, and fiber to support a person's health o Moderate : Contains the right amounts of foods for maintaining proper weight and nutrition Balanced Contains the right combinations of foods to provide the proper proportions of nutrients o Varied Many different foods from the different food groups on a regular basis Tools for Designing a Healthy Diet DIETARY GUIDELINES 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Other eating plans Food labels MyPlate Five Components of Food Labels Statement of identity O Net contents of package o Ingredient List Information of food manufacturer, packer, or distributor Nutrition information ron nbrnafon Healthy Choice Niucken ingredient is Nutrition Facts Panel Serving size and servings per container 0 Calories and Calories from fat per serving o List of nutrients and % Daily Values o Footnote for Daily Values HN 196 (Nutrition) Page 1 Nutrition Facts per containe rount Per Sering Calories from fat per serving wwt-e Total Fat 10g UTH terel 20mg edium 890mg Total Carbohydrate 44g Dietary Fiber 2g %Daily Values Pretein 13g Vitamin A 4% Vitamin C 0% rcent Daily Values are based on a nding on your Footnotefor Daily Values ss thain 65g 20g 300mg 2.4 230 379 -FDA - Approved Terms and Definitions o Nutrient Energy Calorie free * Less than 5 kcal per serving Low Calorie *40 kcal or less per serving Reduced Calorie At least 25% fewer kcal than reference (or regular food) Fat and Cholesterol Fat free Less than 0.5 g of fat per serving Low fat +3 g or less fat per serving Reduced fat At least 25% less fat per serving than reference food Saturated fat free * Less than 0.5 g of saturated fat AND less than 0.5 g of trans fat per serving Low saturated fat 1 g or less saturated fat and less than 0.5 g trans fat per serving AND 15% or less of total kcal from saturated fat Reduced saturated fat At least 25% less saturated fat AND reduced by more than 1 g saturated fat per serving as compared to reference food Cholesterol free Less than 2 mg of cholesterol per serving AND 2 g or less saturated fat and trans fat combined per serving Low cholesterol - 20 mg or less cholesterol AND 2 g or less saturated fat per serving Reduced cholesterol At least 25% less cholesterol than reference food AND 2 g or less saturated fat per serving Fiber and Sugar High fiber 5 g or more fiber per serving Good source of fiber 2.5 g to 4.9 g fiber per serving More or added fiber At least 2.5 g more fiber per serving than reference food Sugar free Less than 0.5 g sugars per serving Low sugar Not defined - No basis for recommended intake Reduced/less sugar HN 196 (Nutrition) Page 2 At least 25% less sugars per