Exploring Eating Well with Canadas Food Guide

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Exploring Eating Well with Canadas Food Guide

• 2007

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Outline

• Why change the food guide?
• Key messages
• New food groups
• Advice for different ages stages
• Extra information
• Issues
• Consumer Support
• Questions

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A New Name
Canadas Food Guide to Healthy Eating (CFGHE)
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Why Change the old Food Guide?

• Simplistic
• Flexible
• Recognizable
• Visually appealing to Canadians

• Vague
• Outdated
• Not ethnically diverse

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Why Change?

• New positioning of
• vegetables fruit on
• outer-most arc
• of the rainbow

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Why Change?

• Clear guidance on portion sizes number of
  recommended servings
• Guidance on kinds amounts of oils fats
• To reduce saturated and trans fat intake

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• Recommended servings by age gender
• Clarity
• Tailor to individual needs
• Ability to personalize

• Meet vitamin, mineral and nutrient needs
• Reduce risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart
  disease, osteoporosis, certain cancers
• Overall health vitality

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Why Change?

• Considers the limitations of food insecure
  Canadians
• Low cost food examples
• Ethnic diversity

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Why Change?

• New focus on physical activity
• Obesity sedentary lifestyles
• Vitality approach
• Address key nutrients that may be deficient in
  daily food choices of some groups
• Expand beyond 2 pages ? includes daily tips

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New Food Group Names
Vegetables Fruit Grain Products Milk
Alternatives Meat Alternatives
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What is One Food Guide Serving? Look at the
examples below.
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What is One Food Guide Serving? Look at the
examples below.
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What is One Food Guide Serving? Look at the
examples below.
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What is One Food Guide Serving? Look at the
examples below.
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Fats Oils
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Trans Fats

• Associated with risk of cardiovascular
  disease
• Choose soft non-hydrogenated margarine
• Shortening Trans Fat

Found in Cookies, crackers, baked goods, deep
fried foods.
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Advice for different ages stages

• CFG for children ages 2 and over.
• Multivitamin is rarely needed for kids who are
  growing well and following CFG.
• Focus on creating a positive eating environment
  at home and school.

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Advice for different ages stages

• Folic Acid
• Risk of Iron deficiency
• Extra calories

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Advice for different ages stages

• New recommendation for 400 IU supplement in those
  gt 50 years old
• Limited sun exposure in Northern climate
  (Canada)
• not enough sun to make Vitamin D
• ability to make Vitamin D decreases with age
• Osteoporosis prevention with calcium

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Counting Food Guide Servings
Additional examples in educator resource think
back to the ingredients!
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Label Reading
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Importance of physical activity with healthy
eating
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Beverages

• For most active people, only water is needed to
  stay hydrated
• Soft drinks, sports drinks, alcoholic beverages
  and fruit flavoured drinks add significant
  calories
• Look for 100 juice

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Concerns / Issues

• Emphasize at least ? more whole grain is
  desirable.

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Concerns / Issues

• What about other foods?

less healthy choices
Convenience foods - Give creative time saving
strategies - Lack of time is a major barrier
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Concerns / Issues

• Young children, pregnant women, women of
  childbearing age avoid shark, swordfish, fresh or
  frozen tuna
• Use light tuna and fresh or canned salmon
• (Fish and Mercury, Calgary Health Region 2006)

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Concerns / Issues

• Less Milk Less Calcium??

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Consumer Support
Health Canada Initiatives www.hc-sc.gc.ca www.hea
lthyeatingisinstore.ca www.dietitians.ca/eatracker

www.calgaryhealthregion.ca
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Thank You!

• Questions?