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Chapter 2
Planning a Healthy Diet
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Diet | the foods a person eats |
| What are the 6 major foo groups? | Fruits, vegetables, grains, protein, milk/dairy products, and oils/fats |
| what are the 6 diet planning principles? | adequacy, balance, energy control, nutrient density, moderation, and variety |
| Adequacy | enough calories(energy) and nutrients ro support health |
| balance | conbination of foods for adequate nutrients and calories |
| energy control | calories consumed=basic energy needs+calories from activity |
| nutrient density | variety and amount of nutrients in relation to calorie content |
| moderation | consumption of NUTRIENT DENSE FOODS (fruits, veggies)most of the times and consuming foods that are not nutrient dense only on occasion(cakes, cookies) |
| variety | selection of foods from EACH GROUP and varying choices within groups |
| Enriched foods | have the nutrients that were LOST in proccessing ADDED BACK |
| fortified foods | have nutrients ADDED that were NOT ORIGINALLY in the food |
| low fat | 3 g or less/serving |
| low saturated fat | 1g or less/serving |
| low sodium | 140mg or less/serving |
| very low sodium | 35 mg or less/serving |
| low cholesterol | 20 mg or less AND 2 g or less or saturated fat/serving |
| low calorie | 40 calories or less/serving |
| lean | less than 10 g or less fat, 4.5g or less saturated fat and less than 95mg cholesterol/serving and per 100g |
| extra lean | less than 5 g fat, less than 2 g saturated fat, less than 95 mg cholesterol/serving and per 100g |
| high in... | contains 20% or more of the daily value for particular nutrient in a serving |
| good source | one serving contains 10-19% the dailt value for particular nutrient |
| reduced | at least 25% less of nutrient or of calories than the regular product |
| less | 25% less of a nutrient or of calories than referenced food |
| light | naturally altered product contains 1/3 fewer calories or 1/2 the fat of reference food OR sodium content of a low calories, low fat food has been reduced by 50% |