MyPyramid

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MyPyramid

• Healthy Child Care Ohio Nutrition

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MyPyramid

• Lecture
• Discussion
• Activity
• Summary and Questions
• Evaluations

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Objectives

• Describe Variety, Proportionality, Moderation,
  Activity as framework to MyPyramid
• Obtain estimated caloric needs for individuals
  based on gender, age, and activity level
• Explain the relationship between calories in and
  calories out
• Recognize serving sizes for each food
• group

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The New Food Pyramid
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Variety

• Color
• Choose foods from each food group daily

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Proportionality

• Eat more of some and less of others
• Fruits, vegetables, whole grain and low-fat dairy
  products
• Saturated and trans fats, added sugar and salt,
  cholesterol, alcohol

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Moderation

• Least amount of saturated and trans fats, added
  sugar and salt

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Physical Activity

• Daily!
• Purposeful extra movement
• Goal strive for 30 minutes most days

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Caloric Needs

• What is a calorie?
• Levels of activity
• Sedentary
• Moderately active
• Active

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Calorie Level

• Gender
• Age
• Activity Level

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Results Worksheet

• Serving Size
• Recommendation for food groups
• Be physically active

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MyPyramid for Kids
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Grains

• Ounces vs. servings
• Make ½ your grains whole grains

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What is a whole grain?

• Grain is not refined
• Look for whole on ingredient list
• Terms for Not whole grain refined, enriched,
  fortified

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Vegetables

• Dark green
• Orange
• Dried beans and peas
• Starchy
• Measured in Cups

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Fruit

• Aim for variety
• Measured in Cups
• Easy on fruit juices
• Why?

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Milk, Yogurt, Cheese

• Low-fat or Fat-free
• Measured in Cups
• 1 cup milk equivalent to 1 cup yogurt, 1.5 ounces
  of natural cheese, 2 ounces processed cheese

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Meat and Beans

• Low-fat or lean
• Variety from nuts, seeds, beans, poultry, fish,
  meat, eggs
• Measured in Ounces

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Fats Oils

• Fats from nuts, seeds, fish, and vegetable oils
• Low-fat, fat-free, and lean meats and milk
  products
• Limits solid fats
• Avoid trans fats

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Sugars Sweets

• Choose/prepare foods and beverages with little
  added sugar or caloric sweeteners
• High fructose corn syrup, other syrups, sucrose,
  fructose, glucose, lactose, maltose, brown sugar,
  honey, molasses, fruit juice concentrates, raw
  sugar

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Salt

• Choose/prepare foods with little salt
• Food label
• Less than 2300mg daily

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Activity

• Fill in Worksheet
• Ask Questions!

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Evaluations and Questions

• Thank You!