Nutrition: Nutrition Basics
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- five dimensions of health
- physical, intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual [SPIES]
- What is healthy eating?
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-variation (in a single group of food)
-moderation (have what you want, but not everyday)
-balance (have some of every group of food) - BMI
- body mass index - best measure of appropriateness of weight for height (just not good for professional athletes)
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BMI values
-normal
-obese
-severe obesity/morbid obesity -
-normal: 20-25
-overweight: 25-30
-obese: 30+
-severe obesity/morbid obesity: 40+ - Daily values (DVs)
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-tells the consumer how much of a day's ideal intake of a particular nutrition he/she is eating in that food
-based on a 2000 calorie diet
-DVs for 2500 calorie diet also provided - reference daily intakes
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-set standards for protein, vitamin, and mineral intake based on current USRDA's
-basis for federal nutrition programs
-set for adults and children >4, children 1-4, infants <1, pregnant and lactating women - reference values
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-for nutrients and foods for which there is no RDA such as carbs, fats, fiber, cholesterol, potassium, and sodium
-important for health
-need for minimum or maximum intake recommendation - "free"
- contains only a tiny or insignificant amount of fat, cholesterol, sodium, sugar, and/or calories
- "fat free"
- <0.5 g of fat per serving
- "low"
- can be eaten fairly often without exceeding dietary guidelines
- "low in fat"
- <3 g of fat per serving
- "reduced, less, fewer"
- contains 25% less of a nutrient or calories than the "regular product"
- "light, lite"
- contains 1/3 fewer calories or 1/2 the fat of the original
- "light in sodium"
- 1/2 of the usual sodium
- "more"
- contains at least 10% more of the daily value of a vitamin, mineral, or fiber than the usual single serving
- "good source of"
- contains 10% to 19% of the daily value for a particular vitamin, mineral or fiber in a single serving
- taste
- fat, sugar and salt --> give and take to give food more flavor