Nutritional Labeling

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Nutritional Labeling

• The US has two primary nutritional problems
• They affect the health of children, teens, and
  adults
• Problem 1 consuming too many calories
• Problem 2 not getting enough exercise
• Use the NEW food label to keep track of the
  calories that you eat

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Serving Size

• Simply a standard amount
• Units of measurement
• Cup
• Fl. Oz.
• Tbsp
• Tsp
• mL
• g
• Bar
• Cracker
• Chip

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Percent Daily Value

• DV describes the percentage of your daily
  calories that should come from carbs, fats,
  proteins based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
• 5 of DV is low
• 20 DV is high
• Fat, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, or
  sodium look for low DV
• Dietary fiber, vitamins, calcium, and iron look
  for high DV

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Daily Reference Values (DRVs)
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Calories

• Understand that the calories listed are per
  serving
• In general, 40 calories is low, 100 calories is
  moderate, and 400 calories is high
• Very common way that people over eat and consume
  more calories than necessary

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Total Fat Grams

• Fat intake should be 30 or less of daily
  calories
• Saturated fat should be no more that 10 of daily
  calories

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Carbohydrates

• Should be an important part to your diet
• Should make up about 60 of your daily calories,
  less than 10 coming from sugar

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Dietary Fibers

• One of the most important parts of a healthy diet
• 20-35g per day recommended
• Reduces chances of colon cancer, constipation,
  etc.

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Vitamins and Minerals

• Foods that are a good source of a particular
  vitamin contain b/t 10-19 DV of that nutrient in
  each serving.
• Teens need more than 100 DV

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Cholesterol, Sodium, Protein

• Choose foods that have 20 mg of cholesterol
• Choose foods that are less than 140 mg of sodium
• Do not over eat protein. Keep the levels at
  about 10 of your daily calories.

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Ingredients

• Check first if you have food allergies
• Can identify hidden ingredients sugar (sucrose),
  fructose, maltose, lactose, honey, syrup, corn
  syrup, high-fructose corn syrup, molasses, and
  fruit juice concentrate indicate sweeteners.

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ALL FOOD LABELS

• http//www.snc.edu/dining/nutrition/labels.html