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Serving Size Confusion

Serving Size Confusion. Let’s Go Shopping. Grocery List. Milk Bread Yogurt Tortillas. WHAT. People want to know what to eat and how much to eat… …and there are tools available: My Plate Nutrition Facts label .

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Serving Size Confusion

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  1. Serving Size Confusion

  2. Let’s Go Shopping Grocery List Milk Bread Yogurt Tortillas

  3. WHAT

  4. People want to know what to eat and how much to eat… • …and there are tools available: My Plate Nutrition Facts label

  5. Both use standard serving sizes to compare nutritional and caloric content of similar foods but they are NOT the same! (did you know they have very different purposes?)

  6. Let’s learn more about Serving Sizes 1. Purpose of MyPlate 2. Purpose of Nutrition Facts label 3. What’s a person to do?

  7. MyPlate History • Provided by the USDA & US DHHS • Initially published in 1980 as “Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans” • Revised toFood Pyramid in 1992 • Revised to MyPyramid in 2005 • is now MyPlate as of 2011/2012 (different from previous guides, such as “4 food groups”) USDA Nutrition Insights, Issue 22, 2000. http://www.usda.gov/cnpp, Welsh SO, Davis C, Shaw A USDA’s Food Guide Background and Development, 1993, and USDA, US DHHS Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010.

  8. What is MyPlate? • Visual illustration of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans • Outlines the Federal nutrition policy and nutrition education activities • Goal: to improve health by promoting healthy eating and physical activity choices USDA Nutrition Insights, Issue 22, 2000. http://www.usda.gov/cnpp and USDA, US DHHS Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010

  9. MyPlate’s Purpose • To translate the guidelines and nutrient standards like Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) into food group-based advice for a healthful diet • How much of which foods you need each day based on your • age • gender • physical activity level USDA Nutrition Insights, Issue 22, 2000. http://www.usda.gov/cnpp

  10. MyPlate Serving Sizes Based on 4 factors: 1. Typical portion sizes (food consumption surveys) 2. Ease of use 3. Nutrient content 4. Tradition (amount in previous food guides) USDA Nutrition Insights, Issue 22, 2000. http://www.usda.gov/cnpp

  11. Let’s learn more about Serving Sizes 1. Purpose of MyPlate 2. Purpose of Nutrition Facts label 3. What’s a person to do?

  12. Nutrition Label History • Regulated by the FDA • 1990 Nutrition Labeling & Education Act (NLEA) • 1992 Nutrition facts are required on foods • lists the most important nutrients in an easy-to-follow, standardized format USDA Nutrition Insights, Issue 22, 2000. http://www.usda.gov/cnpp

  13. What is a Nutrition Fact Label? • It provides • a food’s serving size • the number of servings per container • amounts of key nutrients per serving as a percentage of Daily Values (%DV) for a 2,000-calorie diet USDA Nutrition Insights, Issue 22, 2000. http://www.usda.gov/cnpp

  14. Nutrition Label Purpose • To provide more uniform serving sizes, which enables nutritional comparisons of similar foods • Before FDA regulation, the choice of serving sizes on food labels was up to the discretion of individual food manufacturers USDA Nutrition Insights, Issue 22, 2000. http://www.usda.gov/cnpp

  15. Nutrition Label Serving Sizes Based on but not necessarily equal to the amount of food customarily eaten at one time (from nationwide food consumption surveys) USDA Nutrition Insights, Issue 22, 2000. http://www.usda.gov/cnpp

  16. Nutrition Label Serving Sizes Reference amounts are classified in three ways: 1. bulk products 2. divided products 3. discrete units USDA Nutrition Insights, Issue 22, 2000. http://www.usda.gov/cnpp

  17. Let’s learn more about Serving Sizes 1. Purpose of MyPlate 2. Purpose of Nutrition Facts label 3. What’s a person to do?

  18. What’s a person to do? Stay calm – remember what each tool offers and that you use BOTH to make healthful choices!

  19. Purposes Review • MyPlate helps people determine how much to eat each day based on calorie needs • Nutrition Facts labels help people compare similar foods to see which is more nutritious

  20. Knowing how much you need AND the better food option enables you to make healthful choices

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