NUTR 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Food Allergy, Serving Size, Nutrient Density
31 May 2018
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NUTR 200 Nutrition for Today 3/30/2018
MJ Gunnarson, MS, RD 1
Choosing Foods Wisely
Reading: P 23-44
Learning Objectives:
• Describe the components of a healthy diet.
• Explain the concepts of nutrient density and energy density
• Discuss MyPlate as a tool that can assist in designing a healthy diet.
• Dissect a Nutrition Facts panel. How can you use all of that information to help you make good food
choices?
Healthful Diet: A healthful diet proves the proper combination of energy and nutrients
Adequate – enough energy, nutrients, fiber and fluids, to support health and wellness
Moderate – the right amounts of foods to maintain a healthful weight
• Pay attention to what you are eating
• Be aware of portion sizes
• Moderate, not eliminate
Balanced – the proper proportions of nutrients
• Not overconsuming any one food
• Eat foods from the major good groups
Varied – different foods from different food groups/categories
• Not eatig the sae old thig
• Choose a number of different foods within any given food group
• Ensures the diet contains sufficient nutrients
Nutrient Density – ratio of nutrients to energy—weight of nutrients/calories—want it to be high
Energy density – ratio of energy to weight or volume of a food—calories/weight or volume of food—
sometimes want it to be low, sometimes high
Generally, as water content of food increases, energy density decreases; when fat content of a food
increases, energy density increases
Government agencies are concerned about our health
A tool from the USDA to assist in designing a healthy diet: MyPlate
Based on Dietary Guidelines and DRIs
Balancing Calories
find more resources at oneclass.com
find more resources at oneclass.com
Document Summary
Learning objectives: describe the components of a healthy diet, explain the concepts of nutrient density and energy density, discuss myplate as a tool that can assist in designing a healthy diet, dissect a nutrition facts panel. Healthful diet: a healthful diet proves the proper combination of energy and nutrients. Adequate enough energy, nutrients, fiber and fluids, to support health and wellness. Moderate the right amounts of foods to maintain a healthful weight. Varied different foods from different food groups/categories. Choose a number of different foods within any given food group. Nutrient density ratio of nutrients to energy weight of nutrients/calories want it to be high. Energy density ratio of energy to weight or volume of a food calories/weight or volume of food sometimes want it to be low, sometimes high. Generally, as water content of food increases, energy density decreases; when fat content of a food increases, energy density increases.
