Dietary Guidelines and Food Guides (WEEK 3)

Food Pyramid

• is designed to make healthy eating easier

Healthy Eating

• is about getting the correct amount of nutrients - proteins, fat, carbs, vits, and minerals

Grains

• this should be taken as the major dietary source
  

• together with more fruit and vegetables, moderate amount of meat, fish, egg, milk, and their alternatives

Healthy Food Plate for Filipino Adults

• Pinggang Pinoy
  

• completes the messages of the pyramid by showing adequate distribution of nutritious foods in a meal

Pinggang Pinoy (Filipino Plate)

• is a new, easy to understand food guide that uses a familiar food plate model to convey the right group proprtions on a per-meal basis
  

• To meet the body’s energy and nutrient needs of Filipino adults
  

• Serves as a visual tool to help Filipinos adopt healthy eating habits at meal times by delivering effective dietary and healthy lifestyle messages.

19-64 years old

• Pinggang Pinoy is directed to what age group with moderate physical activity

Treatment of disease or individuals with medical problems

• Pinggang Pinoy is not directed or contraindicated for?

Go, Grow, Glow

• These are the features of Pinggang Pinoy specially designed for Filipinos which is represented by food items commonly consumed by the population

Go Foods

• represents carbohydrates

• provides energy to keep one going throughout the day

Grow Foods

• Represents protein

• provides the protein and minerals essential for growth and repair of tissues, muscles, and bones

Glow Foods

• Represents Vitamins and Minerals

Food and National Research Institute (FNRI)

• developed the Pinggang Pinoy plates for children, adolescents, pregnant women, lactating mothers, and the elderly

National Nutrition Council

• Developed the 10 Kumainments

• To popularize the nutritional guidelines for filipinos developed by an inter-agency Technical Working group led by Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and technology

10 Kumainments

• are simple and easy to remember guidelines to help improve the nutritional status of Filipinos to be able to live healthier and more productive lives

• Aims to improve eating habits and behaviors to prevent malnutrition and diet related non-communicable disease

Food Exchange List

• one of the basic tools in nutrition and dietetics

• a tool for quick estimation of the energy and macronutrient use in planning meals

• provides a way of grouping foods together to help people on special diets stay on track

Food Labels

• provides more than just nutrition facts

• tell the public what’s in a packaged food (for example ingredients)

Nutrient Guidelines for Filipino

• is a set of dietary guidelines based on the eating pattern, lifestyle, and health status of Filipinos

• Contains all the nutrition messages to healthy living for all age groups

1990

• the first NGF was released on?

• was called Dietary Guidelines for Filipinos

2000

• in this date, a revised nutritional guidelines composed of ten messages was released and it was called NUTRITIONAL GUIDELINES for FILIPINOS

Dietary Guidelines for Americans

• is the cornerstone for federal nutrition programs

• go-to resource for health professionals nationwide

• provides food based reco to promote health, prevent diet related chronic disease, and meet nutrient needs

Serving Up MyPlate

• a collection of classroom materials that helps elementary school teachers integrate nutrition education into Math, Science, English Language Arts, and Health

• It is a yummy curriculum that introduces the importance of eating from all five food groups using the MyPlate icon and variety of hands-on activities