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3 Using the Dietary Guidelines as the Basis of Dietary Risk Criteria
3 Using the Dietary Guidelines as the Basis of Dietary Risk Criteria
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It covers relationships among the Dietary Guidelines, WIC, and major goals of Healthy People 2010 (HHS, 2000~. Then it identifies the guidelines that the committee selected for special attention, advantages and disadvantages offailure to meet Dietary Guidelines as a risk criterion, and the rationale for the selection of guidelines for special attention.
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Using the Dietary Guidelines to Establish Risk Criteria in WIC The principal advantage of the Dietary Guidelines as a basis for dietary risk criteria is that the guidelines were developed for Americans from all backgrounds as a means to promote health. There are several obstacles to developing criteria for failure to meet Dietary Guidelines: .
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. a Initially considered, but encompassed under the Food Guide Pyramid so not pursued individually.
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Issues Related to Setting a Dietary Risk Criterion. The Dietary Guidelines provide no clear basis for identifying intakes that are excessive or inadequate for maintaining a healthy weight.
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. 39 Issues Related to Setting a Dietary Risk Criterion.
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(IOM, 1997, 1998, 2000b 2001~. From its inception, the Food Guide Pyramid was intended to be a dynamic nutrition education tool that is based on the Dietary Guidelines and nutrient recommendations, foods commonly consumed by Americans, and data on the nutrient content of those foods (Cronin, 1987~.
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The Children's Pyramid features nutritious foods commonly eaten by children and shows children engaged in active pursuits. Issues Related to Setting a Dietary Risk Criterion.
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While the newer Food Guide Pyramid for Children (Davis et al., 1999) makes a small reference to physical activity through pictures of children engaged in activity, the original Food Guide Pyramid figure contains no clear guidance concerning how individuals should aim for a healthy weight.
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Issues Related to Setting a Dietary Risk Criterion. Again, the text supporting this guideline is consistent with Food Guide Pyramid recommendations: have a variety including at least two servings of fruits and three servings of vegetables daily.
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Issues Related to Setting a Dietary Risk Criterion. Criteria pertaining to this guideline would need to focus on one or more of the seven subguidelines in the Dietary Guidelines: Clean.
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Issues Related to Setting a Dietary Risk Criterion. The Dietary Guidelines specifies "no more than 30 percent of calories from total fat" and "less than 10 percent of calories from saturated fat" should be consumed in one day.
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Consequently, the committee gave no further consideration to the use of alcohol as a dietary risk criterion. Summary The most promising approach to using the Dietary Guidelines for establishing dietary risk criteria for the WIC program is to focus on the single guideline Let the Pyramid guide your food choices.
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