1. Making Healthful Choices3
Making Healthful Choices

2. Objectives Name benefits of making healthful choices.
Explain how to use Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs), the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and the MyPlate food guidance system as diet planning resources to meet daily needs.
Identify your recommended daily intake from each food group in MyPlate.
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3. Objectives
List tips to use when shopping for fresh and processed foods.
Describe suggestions for preparing healthful foods.
Apply the Dietary Guidelines for Americans when eating out.

4. Benefits of Healthful Choices
Making healthful food and daily activity choices can help people maintain

5. Risks of Unhealthful Choices
Unhealthful food choices can lead to
Choosing too much sedentary activity can cause
Unhealthful lifestyle choices involving

6. In Your Opinion
How would you rate the importance of your health and appearance?
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7. Resources for Making Healthful Choices
Resources exist to help people

8. Dietary Reference Intakes
Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs):
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9. Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Three key consumer messages of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans are
Balance calories—
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10. Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Eat more of some foods—focus on choices that are nutrient dense
Eat less of some foods

11. MyPlate MyPlate includes five major food groups:
Oils, solid fats, and sugars

12. Meeting Your Daily Needs
The ChooseMyPlate.gov website includes interactive tools to help people plan and evaluate a healthful diet
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13. Choosing Wisely When Shopping for Food
Keep the Dietary Guidelines in mind when shopping for
Choose a variety of fresh
Read labels to be aware of

14. Think Further
How often do you read and compare nutrition labels when shopping for food?
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15. Choosing Wisely When Preparing Food
When preparing the main course,
When preparing side dishes,

16. Think Further
How do the portions you typically eat compare with standard portion sizes listed on nutrition labels?
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17. Choosing Wisely When Eating Out
Use menu terms as clues
Request that items be prepared and served
Order

18. In Your Opinion
What do you find most challenging about eating healthfully when eating out?
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19. Review
What are three benefits of making healthful choices?

20. Review
What are the three key consumer messages of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans?

21. Review
What are the five major food groups of MyPlate?

22. Review
What can help consumers limit fat, sodium, and sugar content when shopping for processed foods?

23. Review
When preparing a main course, what types of foods should most often be emphasized?

24. Review
How can consumers avoid overeating when eating out?