Dietary Guidelines

What percentage of your overall diet should come from whole grains?

Grains make up 25% of ones plate according to MYPlate and at least half of the grains consumed should be whole grains

What was the original goal of the dietary guidelines? What are they now?

Originally they were to help making sure that individuals were getting enough nutrients and nothing too much or too little especially during food shortages—-and now the goals are to promote health and prevent disease

4 overarching reccomendations of the 2020 guidelines

1. Follow healthy dietary patter at every life stage 2. Customize and enjoy nutrient dense foods and beverages — can reflect personal preference and culture and traditions and budgetary restrictions 3. Focus on meeting food group needs with nutrient dense foods staying within calorie limits 4. Limit foods and beverages with high added sugars, saturated fat, sodium, and limit alcohol consumption

How does the 2020 guidelines differ from the 2015?

In 2015 the guidelines had 5 overarching guidelines and 13 key recommendations where the new guidelines have 4 overall guidelines and they have recommendations within those

Compare and contrast MyPyramid and MyPlate? Which one is easier to understand?

MyPyramid vs myplate. My Pyramid is a much more complex and deeper illustration of food recommendations with also creating a new focus on importance of physical activity. Myplate is a simple illustration which breaks up a plate into 4 sections with an added section for dairy drinks. This illustration is much easier to understand than the MyPyramid

When was the first dietary guideline released

Released by the USDA and the HHS—originally in 1980s

What 2 food groups include messages for variety?

The food groups of veggies and protiens (in my plate) are instructed to have a lot of variety in the types consumed to make sure getting all various nutrients

What recommendations were NOT changed from the 2015 guidelines?

The guidelines regarding following a healthy eating pattern thought all life stages is constant in both guidelines. Both guidelines also mention something regarding personalizing eating patterns for all people but that's more implied in the 2020 guidelines. There is also importance on focusing on nutrient dense foods and trying to avoid sugars.

What are the main messages from the 2020-2025 guidelines for americans

To follow a healthy eating patter all throughout life. To customize nutrient dense foods and beverage choices to reflect individuals differences. Focus on meeting reccomentations with nutrient dense foods. And to avoid foods in high added sugars, saturated fats, and sodium

What are the limitations of using recommend servings as part of consumer messaging?

With using serving sizes leads room for confusion on behalf of the people who are not health care workers or individuals with backgrounds of how servings work or how to measure it out. Along with that servings in previous work would tend to limit the options of things to consume.

Define serving size

Are labels on food for reccomentations of how much to eat of the specific item (included on the nutritional facts panel on foods) along with guideline reccomentations use serving sizes to recommend the ammounts of food to eat but these can often get confusing

What is the evolution of the dietary guidelines?

Originated in 1980s where the recoomendations were to help limit nutrient defficiencys but this has changed to where it is now focused on promoting health and preventing chronic diseases. As the guidelines developed the number of reccomendations changed to where it started as 7 then increased and changed where now in the 202 guidelines there are 4 main ones. T