Ch.4 Nutrition Guidelines

food diary

A detailed daily record of the food and drink one consumes over a certain period of time, typically kept as a means of tracking calorie consumption or identifying habitual eating patterns. 'she went to three exercise classes a week, kept a food diary, and ate little and often'

nutrient density

Choose Nutrient-dense Foods. To eat well, it's best to choose a mix of nutrient-dense foods every day. Nutrient-dense foods are foods that have a lot of nutrients but relatively few calories. Look for foods that contain vitamins, minerals, complex carbohydrates, lean protein, and healthy fats

exchange list for meal planning

Exchange list refers to a grouping of foods to assist people on special diets. In each group, foods are listed in serving sizes that are interchangeable with respect to carbohydrates, fats, protein, and calories. The definition is...

My Plate

MyPlate is the current nutrition guide published by the United States Department of Agriculture, a food circle (i.e. a pie chart) depicting a place setting with a plate and glass divided into five food groups. It replaced the USDA's MyPyramid guide on June 2, 2011, ending 19 years of USDA food pyramid diagrams.

daily values

Percent Daily Value (DV) on the Nutrition Facts label is a guide to the nutrients in one serving of food. For example, if the label lists 15 percent for calcium, it means that one serving provides 15 percent of the calcium you need each day. ... 5 percent or less of a nutrient is low.

ul-tolerable upper intake level

TOLERABLE UPPER INTAKE LEVEL (UL) The highest level of nutrient intake that is likely to pose no risk of adverse health effects for almost all individuals in the general population. As intake increases above the UL, the risk of adverse effects increases

dietary guidelines for americans

oday, about half of all American adults have one or more chronic diseases, often related to poor diet. The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans emphasizes the importance of creating a healthy eating pattern to maintain health and reduce the risk of disease.Feb 5, 2016

portion size

serving size are defined by the usda food guide pyramid as a standard amount used help give advice about how much food to eat. it also help us identify how many calories and nutrients are in the food.a portion is the amount of food that choose to eat

dri-dietary reference intakes

the Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) is a system of nutrition recommendations from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies (United States)

rda-recommended dietary allowance

average daily level of intake sufficient to meet the nutrient requirements of nearly all (97%-98%) healthy people.