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Eating Right: Keeping America Healthy
Eating Right: Keeping America Healthy
Pages 67-74
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educating children and teens Students in southwestern Kentucky are proving to be wily innovators in improving their own health, through a program sponsored by the IOM and the Healthy Weight Kids Coalition in Kentucky, and their efforts may chart a way for other young people to take charge of their eating habits. The program traces back to an IOM project in 2006 during which students in a number of middle and high schools in and around Bowling Green, Kentucky, gathered information about the food and beverage marketing practices in their region.
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Through its Kellogg Health of the Public Fund and in partnership with the Healthy Weight Kids Coalition and Western Kentucky University, the IOM began a new effort to explore the potential of healthy smart cards in helping young people make better food choices. Program coordinators identified food options at local restaurants, recruited restaurants to participate in the program, developed educational and promotional materials, and procured community support.
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Nationwide, approximately 9 million children over the age of 6 are Nationwide, approximately considered obese, and health profession- million children oer the age als and policy makers now rank childhood of are considered obese, obesity as a critical public health threat. and health professionals To help in slowing, and ultimately and policy makers now reversing, this epidemic, the IOM has exam- rank childhood obesity as a ined childhood obesity on numerous occa- critical public health threat.
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reiewing national school meal programs Improving the school lunch and breakfast programs can have a direct impact on the health of youth. Tens of millions of students nationwide receive as much as half of their daily caloric intake from school meals, including breakfasts and lunches, provided through federal programs.
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The second report, foods and Nutrients under Consideration in Children's Diets Foods for Which Intakes Are Nutrients for Which Nutrients for Which Inadequate, Intakes Are Inadequate Intakes Are Excessivea Age Male and Category Female Male Female Male Female Potassium Potassium Sodium Ages Fruit Sodium 6–8b Fiber Fiber Saturated Total Saturated fat vegetables fat Total fat Dark green Total fat and orange Energyc Energyc vegetables and legumes Whole grains Total meat and beans Milk Magnesium Calcium Sodium Sodium Age 9–13 Fruit Energyc Potassium Magnesium Cholesterol Total vegetables Vitamins Phosphorus Saturated Total fat fat A, E Dark green Potassium Saturated and orange Fiber fat Zinc vegetables Vitamins and A, C, E legumes Fiber Whole grains Total meat and beans Milk continued
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Usual intakes of added sugars could not be estimated because relevant data were not available in School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study-III. Furthermore, while intakes of trans fatty acids also could not be measured, trans fatty acids will be considered as appropriate by the committee during Phase II.
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and Canadian scientists, the DRIs provide quantitative estimates of the amounts of nutrients that individuals need to optimize their health and prevent disease and deficiencies, as well as estimates of tolerable upper intake levels to help people avoid adverse effects from consuming too much of a nutrient. DRIs are widely used by a range of health professionals and policy makers, including federal nutrition officials who develop policies and programs, dietitians and health practitioners who counsel individuals and groups, and researchers who are working to advance the state of nutrition knowledge.
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