Review of the U.S. General Accounting Office Report on Mismanagement of the 1987-88 Nationwide Food Consumption Survey: Joint Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition and the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, October 16, 1991U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992 - 199 pages |
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Page 40 - No single food can supply all nutrients in the amounts you need. For example, milk supplies calcium but little iron; meat supplies iron but little calcium. To have a nutritious diet, you must eat a variety of foods. One way to assure variety — and with it, an \ enjoyable and nutritious diet — is to choose foods each day from five major food groups (see box).
Page 46 - Use the seven guidelines together as you choose a healthful and enjoyable diet. 14 15 diet high in saturated fat and cholesterol and excessive in calories. Of these, dietary saturated fat has the greatest effect; dietary cholesterol has less. Suggested goals for fats in American diets are as follows: Total fat. An amount that provides 30 percent or less of calories is suggested. Thus, the upper limit on the grams of fat in your diet depends on the calories you need. For example, at 2,000 calories...
Page 49 - Use Salt and Sodium Only in Moderation Table salt contains sodium and chloride — both are essential in the diet. However, most Americans eat more salt and sodium than they need. Food and beverages containing salt provide most of the sodium in our diets, much of it added during processing and manufacturing.
Page 51 - Report on Nutrition and Health. 1988. Public Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Services. —Diet and Health: Implications for Reducing Chronic Disease Risk. 1989. National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences. — Recommended Dietary Allowances, 10th Ed. 1989. National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences. Information on how to put the guidelines into practice: • Contact the Human Nutrition Information Service, USDA, Room 325-A, 6505 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville,...
Page 43 - ... Excessive concern about weight may cause or lead to such unhealthy behaviors as excessive exercise, self-induced vomiting, and the abuse of laxatives or other medications. These practices may only worsen the concern about weight. If you lose weight suddenly or for unknown reasons, see a physician. Unexplained weight loss may be an early clue to a health problem. If you need to lose weight You do not need to lose weight if your weight is already within the healthy range in the figure, if you have...
Page 111 - Having thus reduced each food component to its ingredients, EPA then adds up a person's daily exposure to each basic ingredient. For example, EPA calculates from the survey how much flour a person consumes if, on one day, he or she eats a doughnut for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch and a slice of cake at dinner.
Page 48 - ... less fat, replace the lost calories from fat with equal calories from fruits, vegetables, and grain products, found in the lower half of the Food Guide Pyramid. Some foods that contain a lot of sugars supply calories but few or no nutrients (Box 12). These foods are located at the top of the Pyramid. For very active people with high calorie needs, sugars can be an additional source of energy. However, because maintaining a nutritious...
Page 42 - Council, 1989 (see page 27). that people can be a little heavier as they grow older without added risk to health. Just how much heavier is not yet clear. The weight ranges given in the table are likely to change based on research under way. Ranges of weights are given in the table because people of the same height may have equal amounts of body fat but differ in muscle and bone. The higher weights in the ranges are suggested for people with more muscle and bone. Weights above the range are believed...
Page 46 - As children begin to eat with the family, usually at about 2 years of age or older, they should be encouraged to choose diets that are lower in fat and saturated fat and that provide the calories and nutrients they need for normal growth. Older children and adults with established food habits may need to change their diets gradually toward the goals. These goals for fats apply to the diet over several days, not to a single meal or food. Some foods that contain fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol,...
Page 46 - FOR A DIET LOW IN FAT, SATURATED FAT, AND CHOLESTEROL Fats and oils • Use fats and oils sparingly in cooking. • Use small amounts of salad dressings and spreads, such as butter, margarine, and mayonnaise.