Chapter 15 Flashcards
What are some ways to improve everday food behavour?
Prepare more of your own meals at home rather than eating out
Plan ahead so that you are well prepared for the day or week to come
When planning meals select vegtables from a wide variety of colours
Add fruit tp at least 2 meals or use in desert
Dont be tempted to skip breakfast
Focus on how you feel both while you are eating and after you have finished a meal
Read Food Labels
Drink plenty of water to keep yourt body hydrated
Reduce the number of snacls you eat
Get support
What are the 5 food groups and what are the recommened serves for each?
Vegtables: 5-6 serves
Fruit: 2 serves
Wholegrains : 6 serves
Lean meats and paultry, fish, eggs: 2-3 serves
Milk, yoghurt and cheese: 2 1/2 serves
What ways can people develop their food education?
Health classes
internet
how to videos
family
community cooking classes
current affairs programs on telivision
news reportage in food magzines and newspapers
What are reasons for people making poor food choices
Poor knowledge of nutrition or the uncertainty of how to apply sound nutritional principles to food choices and dietary habits
Limited budget which often means people purchase cheaper higher KJ foods that are more filling
Lack of access to shops selling fresh foods
food marketing particularly to children greatly influenced food choices
How do people assess food information?
Is the author source reliable?
Is it written in an information manner?
What are the reasons and date of publication? For examples it was used to increase awareness of a new products
Where can people find information about foods and diets?
Academic scholarly articles
Popular periodicals newspapers and food magazines
Web-based news feeds and on line blogs
Social Media Including facebook and instagram
Whats the difference between a food fad and a fad diet?
Foods fads refer to a food or ingredient that people are interested in for a short period of time sich as kale or quinoa
Fad diets are weights reductions diets that are either eliminate one or more of the essential foods groups or reccomended consumption of one type of food like a paleo diet
What are some stratergies to reduce the consumption of saturated fats
Reduce fat in the diet by trimming visible fat from meat
use fat free cooking techniques
Snack on fruit and vegtables and avoid biscuts, patries and potatoe chips
What are some stratergies for appling ADG at home?
Following the dietary guidlines and choosing food from five food groups
Foods in the 5 food groups are grouped acording to their type and contribution they make to our diet
Foods listed in each of the groups are lowest in saturated fats and have little added suagr or fats
it is important to choose foods from each group daily although it is not necessary to include all the groups at each meal
What needs to be assessed about the claims of wieght losss and nutrient supplement companies?
Commercial Gain
Ethics
Effectivness of the product
What need to be considered about comercial gain?
Are they profitable?
Is the product expensive?
Can they be puchased individually or in multipacks?
Is the company listed on the stock exchange?
Would it be cheaper to prepare meal at home?
What needs to be considered about ethics?
Is the food label easy to understand and uses terminology the consumer can read easily?
Does the website help you pick a plan product that is suited to your needs?
Does the plan make you become dependant on their product instead of teaching you how to makeyou own nutritious meals?
Does the products come with any maintence assistance after the weight is lost?
What need to be considered about the effectiveness of the product?
Is the product based on the restrictions of energy or KJ?
How does it support someone if they want to eat out at a resturant?
Does the product encorage people to excercise too, in conjuction with the diet plan?
Does it support the consumption of fresh fruit and vegtables?
