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Developed by nutrition experts or educators
 Qualitative tool in planning nutritious diets for masses
 Translates nutritional requirements into simple, practical and non-technical language

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Food Pyramid

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What are the three main groups?

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body building foods
regulating foods
energy foods

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Compilations of nutrient requirements or allowances in specific quantities

Assess the nutritional adequacy of diets and principle individuality

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Dietary Standards

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minimum amount needed

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Dietary requirements

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Minimum requirements plus a safety factor called “margin of safety” to allow for individual variations of body storage, state of health, nutrient utilization and other day-to-day variations within a person

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Recommended Dietary Allowances

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To emphasize that the standards are in terms of nutrients and not foods or diets

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Recommended Energy and Nutrient Intakes (RENI)

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a daily nutrient intake value that is estimated to meet the requirement half of the healthy individuals in a life stage or gender group.

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Estimated Average Requirement

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which are average daily dietary intake level sufficient to meet nutrient requirements

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Recommended Dietary Allowance

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a recommended intake value based on observed or experimentally determined estimates of nutrient intake by a group of healthy people that are assumed to be adequate

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Adequate Intake

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the highest level of daily nutrient intake that is likely to pose no risk or adverse effects in almost all individuals in general population

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Tolerable Upper Intake Levels

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The chemical composition of a food, whether of animal or plant origin, varies according to kind or breed, maturity or age, part of plant or carcass, soil fertility, climate, handling and storage conditions, marketing and agricultural practices and a host of other uncontrollable factors.

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Food Composition Table

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Is a grouping of common foods that have practically the same amount of protein, carbohydrate and fat.

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Food exchange list

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Used to calculate protein, carbohydrate, fat and calories in a given meal or diet.

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Food Exchange List

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Primary recommendations to promote good health habits through proper nutrition.

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Nutritional Guidelines

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What are the purpose of Nutritional Guidelines?

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  1. Provide the general public with recommendations about
    proper diet and wholesome practices
  2. Provide those concerned with nutrition information and education with a handy reference for their counselling and educational services
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When a person says “this food is nutritious”  Food contains more nutrients other than calories

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Nutrient Density

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It is a relative measure of nutrients in food proportion to its caloric intake.

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Nutrient Density

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Is a description intended to inform the consumer of nutritional properties.

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Nutritional Labelling

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What are the 2 components of Nutritional Labelling?

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Nutrient Declaration
Nutrient claim

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standardized statement of listing
of the nutrient content food

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nutrient declaration

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representation which states or implies that a food has some particular nutritional properties

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nutritional claim

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BFAD

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Bureau of Food and Drugs

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is defined as the process of identifying nutritional characteristics known to be associated with nutritional problems.

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nutritional screening

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is the condition of the body that results from the utilization of essential nutrients made available from his/her daily diet.

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Nutriture

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is carried out by a regular or periodic evaluation of measurements that can be used to indicate present as well as future changes in nutritional status.
Nutrition surveillance
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A weight of 20% or more above the IBW due to accumulation of body fat indicates
obesity
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ABCD
anthropometric Measurements biochemical assessment clinical assessment dietary assessment
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Animal foods, dried beans and nuts
eat moderately
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vegetables and fruits
eat more
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fats, oils, and sugar
eat just enough
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rice and other cereals
eat most
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Important tool in nutrition education, dietary analyses, diagnostic procedures and therapeutic aids
The Use of Computer
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What are the body-building foods?
proteins vitamins minerals
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What are the energy foods? (GO Foods)
carbohydrates fats sugar
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What are the regulating foods?
fruits vegetables vitamins minerals
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teaches the principles of eating
the food pyramid
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The food pyramid features: 1. 2. 3. 4.
1. Base 2. 2nd level 3. 3rd level 4. Tip
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represents the bulk of diet, w/c is **55-70%** of the total energy needs of Filipinos
base
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best sources of vitamins and minerals advised to eat more
2nd level vegetables and fruits
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these are the animal or plant protein. what level in the food pyramid?
3rd level
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moderate amounts enough to supply the rest of the caloric needs what part of the pyramid?
tip of the pyramid
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What are the uses of RDAs?
•Food planning & procurement •Food programs •Food & nutrition information & education •Food labeling •Food fortification •Developing new/modified food products •Clinical dietetics •Nutrient supplements & special dietary foods •Evaluating dietary survey data •Guides for food selection
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Chemical composition of food (plant/animal) varies according to?
**B**reed **A**ge **P**art of plant/carcass **S**oil fertility **C**limate **H**andling and storage conditions **M** arketing and agricultural practices
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What are the uses of Food exchange lists?
1. planning **diabetic diets** 2. used by clinician as a quick method to **calculate protein, carbohydrate, fat and calories**
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Provide the general public w/ recom about proper diet & wholesome practices to promote good health for themselves & their family
nutritional guidelines
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Provide those concerned w/ nutrition information & education w/ a handy reference for their counseling & educational services
nutritional guidelines
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are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
%DV or percent daily value
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The aim of percent daily value is for less than 5% of 1. 2. 3.
1. saturated fat 2. cholesterol 3. sodium
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are what gets digested as sugar
net carbs
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Net carbs formula
Net carbs= total carbs - fiber
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the aim for net carbs is _______
>2-3g of fiber/ serving
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What is on the top part of nutrient label in the Philippines?
the serving size or number of servings
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Are standards which originated form the US and was adopted by countries, including the Philippines
Dietary Reference Index
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This is the average dietary intake level of a nutrient considered sufficient to meet the requirements of nearly all (97-98%) healthy individuals in each life-stage and gender group.
RDA
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The guidelines drafted by the FNRI and approved and endorsed by the NNC were first published in 1990, revised in 2000 and again in 2012. T
Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos
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This refers to at least 25% less of a given nutrient or calories than the comparison food. This is also listed as less or fewer.
Reduced
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This indicates that the food provides 10% to 19% of the daily value of that nutrient indicated.
Good source
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This indicates that the food provides at least 20% of the indicated nutrient.
High or Rich ir Excellent source
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Contains less than 10g of fat, 4.5g of saturated fat and trans-fat combined, ad no more than 95 mg of cholesterol either per serving or per 100g of meat.
Lean
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The term means that the food has 5g of fat, 2g of saturated and trans-fat combined, and not more than 95mg of cholesterol either per serving or per 100g of meat, poultry, or seafood.
Extra lean

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