Focusing on America’s Children: The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) places an important focus on children because of the growing body of evidence documenting the vital role that optimal nutrition plays throughout the lifespan.
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Filling Your Plate the Dietary Guidelines Way
This simple meal plan provides a flexible and realistic way to get the most nutrition for your calories by focusing on nutrient-dense foods and beverages such as low-fat or fat-free milk and milk products, fruits, vegetables, lean protein, and whole grains.
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The new 2010 Dietary Guidelines emphasize a total diet approach, urging Americans to reduce calories and watch portion sizes, make more nutrient-rich choices, and move more. Nutrient-rich food choices include fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat or fat-free milk and milk products. The nation’s obesity numbers continue to climb, yet surprisingly many Americans are falling short on key nutrients that could put their health at risk. To address the obesity epidemic the nation faces – especially among children – the federal government released the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, research-based nutrition guidance that aims to “prevent and/or reduce overweight and obesity through improved eating and physical activity behaviors.”
Eating to get the most vitamins, minerals and essential nutrients without too many calories is eating the nutrient-rich way – a positive approach to eating healthy. The Nutrient Rich Foods approach focuses on how to eat instead of how not to eat.
- Nutrition experts agree that most Americans are overweight yet undernourished - consuming more calories than needed but not enough nutrient-rich foods packed with vitamins and essential nutrients (such as protein and fiber) to help them achieve better health. As the nation turns its attention to reducing calories, getting the most nutrients from those calories becomes essential.
- Choose foods based on their total nutrient package instead of choosing foods based solely on what they don't contain - such as fat, sugar and salt.
- The Nutrient Rich Foods approach provides a positive way to help people make food and beverage choices to help them get more nutrition per calorie and achieve better health.
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Improve Diet Quality with 3 Daily Servings of Dairy
Milk Group foods are a core part of healthy dietary patterns recommended by the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) The DGA recommends 3 cups of low-fat or fat-free milk and milk products daily for those 9 years or older, 2.5 servings for those 4-8 years old, and 2 servings for those 2-3 years old.
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Nutrient - Rich Shopping List
Streamline meal planning and shopping from the five food groups for a variety of nutrients.
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