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How many kcal's are provided per gram of fat, protein, & carbohydrate? What about alcohol?
✔✔1 gram of fat = 9 kcal's
1 gram of protein = 4 kcal's
1 gram of carbohydrates = 4 kcal's
1 gram of alcohol = 7 kcal's
Key Nutrition Concept 1: Most foods are mixtures of nutrients. ✔✔There are nutrient dense and
energy dense foods; we want to chose foods that are nutrient dense.
Key Nutrition Concept 2: Variety, moderation, and balance can help ensure a diet's nutritional adequacy.
✔✔Variety: eat foods from EACH food group.
Moderation: eat responsible amounts of each food.
Balance: eat an appropriate number of calories and engage in regular physical activity
,Key Nutrition Concept 3: Food is the best source of nutrients. ✔✔Food is better as opposed to dietary
supplements (FDA does not regulate them); for each nutrient, there is a SAFE range
Key Nutrition Concept 4: Foods and the nutrients they contain are not cure-alls. ✔✔Diet is only one
aspect that influences a person's health.
Key Nutrition Concept 5: Malnutrition includes over nutrition as well as undernutrition.
✔✔Malnutrition (MAL = Bad) body is improperly nourished.
Key Nutrition Concept 6: Nutrition is a dynamic science. ✔✔Factors are constantly changing
(humans, food choices, environment, knowledge, etc.)
What are the component to the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs)? ✔✔1. Recommended
dietary allowance (RDA)
2. Adequate intake (AI)
3. Tolerable upper intake level (UL)
Who develops the DRIs? How are they utilized? ✔✔Food & Nutrition Board; Used for planning
and assessing diets
Describe how the estimated average requirement (EAR) is utilized? ✔✔It is the amount of a
nutrient that should meet needs of 50% of healthy population.
, Describe how the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) is utilized? ✔✔It represents a person's
nutrient intake GOAL; meets the need of nearly all (97-98%) of healthy individuals in a life-stage/gender
group.
Describe how adequate intake (AI) is utilized? ✔✔SAME concept of RDA; Used when not
enough information is available to determine human requirements
Describe how tolerable upper intake level (UL) is utilized? ✔✔It shows the highest average amount of a
nutrient that is unlikely to harm most people when consumed on a daily basis; demonstrates how much
is too much
What percentage of total daily kcal's should be supplied by carbs, fat, and protein? ✔✔Carbohydrates:
45-65; 55%
Fat: 20-35; 30%
Protein: 10-35; 15%
What is a food group plan? ✔✔food group targets - what and how much to eat within your calorie
allowance. Your food plan is personalized, based on your age, sex, height, weight, and physical
activity level
Draw MyPlate
✔✔http://www.healthteacher.com/s3_handler/resources/content/lesson_extras/myplate_green.jpg
What are the major food groups that are a component to MyPlate? ✔✔Grains, Dairy, Protein, Fruits,
& Vegetables
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