HPED 2507 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Serving Size, Calorie, Nutrient
8 Feb 2020
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Healthful diets: rainbow design emphasizes fruits and vegetables, translates the science of nutrition and health into a healthy eating pattern, provides guidance on quantity of food to eat and quality of food choices. Quality: advice on the quality of food choices is an essential part towards planning, bolded statements provide advice on quality of choices, statements in regular font provide actionable tips, messages on variety and water. A note on calories and the eating pattern: the food guide will meet nutrient needs but not necessarily energy or caloric needs, calorie needs and food choices vary amongst individuals. If more calories are needed, emphasize more food from the food groups to maintain macronutrient profile. Food guide servings: a food guide serving is a reference amount, not necessarily intended to represent what would be eaten in one sitting. Nutrient density: a measure of nutrients provided per calorie of food.
