Meal Management

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Meal Management
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What is meal management and why should I care????

• Meal management is using resources around you to
  reach goals in terms of meals.
• Goals typically include
• Have a variety of foods that taste and look
  appealing.
• Use planned spending to make meals fit into the
  planned budget.
• Provide good nutrition to meet the needs of each
  family member.
• Control the use of time and energy involved in
  preparation.

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Who is meal manager in your house?

• Who makes the choices about what to buy?
• Who decides whether to eat out or not?
• Who does the actual shopping?
• Who does the actual cooking?

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Providing Good Nutrition

• This is usually the most important goal when
  creating meals.
• The problem is, many people do not like to eat
  the foods that they need to stay healthy.

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The main nutrients that most people need in meals
are the following
Protiens
Carbohydrates
Fats
Vitamins
Minerals
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Meal Patterns

• These are outlines used for meal planning.
• They center around the foods that are usually
  served at certain meals.
• It describes when people usually eat what kinds
  of meals with what kinds of nutrients at what
  times of the day.

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Breakfast

• What are some typical breakfast foods? Why do we
  eat these foods at this time?
• Eating breakfast provides you with the energy you
  need to make it through the mid-morning slump.
  It can also help curb your hunger for the rest of
  the day.

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Breakfast

• The best foods for breakfast contain Vitamin C,
  protein, and carbohydrates for energy.
• Breakfast should provide about one fourth of the
  calories that you eat in a day, as well as one
  fourth of the nutrients.
• It is usually also the most economical meal, with
  eggs and bread being relatively inexpensive.

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Typical Breakfast

• Fruit or fruit juice
• Main dish, such as banana waffles or eggs
  benedict
• Bread or cereal
• Milk or other drink

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Lunch

• What are some typical lunch foods that you like
  to eat?
• Eating lunch provides about one third of the
  daily calories and one third of the nutrients
  that you SHOULD be consuming each day.
• Having a balanced lunch can help curb nighttime
  cravings and awake and refresh you!
• Having a junky, greasy lunch can do just the
  opposite!

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Lunch

• Some of the best foods to eat at lunch to meet
  nutritional needs and fill you up are
• Fruits and veggies
• Whole grain breads
• Lean meats, like turkey
• Too much sugar at lunchtime can make you weak and
  moody!

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Dinner

• What are some foods that you typically eat for
  dinner?
• This is often the only leisurely meal people have
  in a day, so it is often considered the best.
• In America, we tend to overeat at dinner time.
  The more you eat later in the day, the more
  calories you are storing, leading to weight gain!

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Dinner

• Dinner should provide about one third of your
  calories and nutrients for the day.
• The earlier you have dinner, the better.
• Dinner should consist of light foods, such as
  chicken, veggies, whole grains, dairy products.

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Variety of Foods

• Why is this important?
• It is vital to have a variety because you need
  all kinds of foods to be healthy.
• Also, you have to have a variety so that you
  dont get sick of any foods.
• Have you ever eaten a food so much that it made
  you sick of it?