MyPyramid USDAs New Food Guidance System

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MyPyramidUSDAs New Food Guidance System
Adapted from USDAs peer-to-peer PowerPoint
presentation. http//mypyramid.gov/downloads/MyPyr
amid Peer to Peer.ppt
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PRESENTATION GUIDE

• Understanding the Graphics
• Key Messages
• Resources

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UNDERSTANDING THE GRAPHICS
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005

• Dietary Guidelines place stronger emphasis than
  past guidelines on
• Decreasing calorie intake
• Increasing physical activity
• www.healthierus.gov/dietaryguidelines
• Interpreted to the public via MyPyramid.gov
• www.mypyramid.gov

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Historical Perspective
Food for Young Children
1992
1916
1940s
1970s
2005
1950s-1960s
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MyPyramid Graphic Adults
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MyPyramid Graphic Adults
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MyPyramid Graphic Youth
SIMPLIFIED VERSION FOR GRADES K-3
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MyPyramid Graphic Youth
ADVANCED VERSION FOR GRADES 4-6
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FOOD GROUPS Color Coded
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VARIETY

• Dietary Guidelines
• Consume a variety of nutrient-dense foods and
  beverages within and among the basic food groups.
• MyPyramid Graphic
• Color bands represent that all food groups are
  needed each day for health.

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PROPORTIONALITY

• Dietary Guidelines
• Adopt a balanced eating pattern.
• Sufficient amount of fruits and vegetables
• 3 or more ounce equivalents of whole-grain
  products per day
• 3 cup equivalents per day of fat-free or low-fat
  milk or milk products
• MyPyramid Graphic
• Differing widths of the color bands suggest
  about how much food should be eaten from each
  group.

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MODERATION

• Dietary Guidelines
• Limit intake of saturated and trans fats, and
  choose products low in these fats.
• Make choices of meat, poultry, dry beans, and
  milk products that are lean, low-fat, or
  fat-free.
• Choose and prepare foods and beverages with
  little added sugars or calorie sweeteners.
• MyPyramid Graphic
• Food group bands narrow from
• bottom to top suggesting to eat
• nutrient-dense forms of foods.

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PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

• Dietary Guidelines
• Engage in regular physical activity and reduce
  sedentary activities to promote health,
  psychological well-being, and a healthy body
  weight.
• MyPyramid Graphic
• Steps and person on them symbolize that physical
  activity should be a part of everyday healthy
  living.

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ADDITIONAL CONCEPTS

• Personalization
• The name MyPyramid suggests an individual
  approach.
• The person climbing the steps mentally links
  each viewer to the image.
• Gradual Improvement
• The slogan Steps to a Healthier You suggests
  that improvement should happen in stages, over
  time.

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KEY MESSAGES
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005

• KEY CONCEPTS
• Concept 1 Nutrient Density
• Concept 2 Discretionary Calories
• Concept 3 Specific Guidelines
• KEY MESSAGES
• Focus on fruits.
• Vary your veggies.
• Get your calcium-rich food
• Make half your grains whole.
• Go lean with protein.
• Know the limits on fats, salt, and sugars.

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Key Message 1 Focus on Fruits

• Eat 2 cups of fruits per day for a 2,000 calorie
  diet
• Select fresh, frozen, canned, or dried fruit,
  rather than drinking fruit juice, for most of
  fruit choices

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Key Message 2 Vary Your Veggies

• Eat 2 ½ cups of vegetables per day for a 2,000
  calorie diet
• Select from all 5 vegetable SUBGROUPS several
  times a week

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Five Vegetable Subgroups

• Dark Green Vegetables
• Orange Vegetables
• Legumes
• Starchy Vegetables
• Other Vegetables

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Subgroup 1 dark green vegetables

• Broccoli
• Spinach
• Most greens spinach, collards, turnip greens,
  kale, beet, mustard greens
• Green leaf and romaine lettuce

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Subgroup 2. orange vegetables

• Carrots
• Sweet potatoes
• Winter squash
• Pumpkin

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Subgroup 3. legumes

• Dry beans and peas such as
• Chickpeas
• Pinto beans
• Kidney beans
• Black beans
• Garbanzo beans
• Soybeans
• Split peas
• Lentils

The USDA Food Guide includes dry beans, peas and
soybeans in the meats and beans group as well as
the vegetable group however count them only in
one group.
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Subgroup 4. starchy vegetables

• White potatoes
• Corn
• Green peas

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Subgroup 5. other vegetables

• Tomatoes
• Cabbage
• Celery
• Cucumber
• Lettuce
• Onions
• Peppers
• Green beans
• Cauliflower
• Mushrooms
• Summer squash

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Key Message 3 Make at Least Half of Grains Whole

• Make at least half of grains whole grain
• Consume 3 or more one-ounce equivalents of
  whole-grain products daily for a 2,000 calorie
  diet
• The rest of your grains should come from enriched
  or whole-grain products

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Examples of Whole Grains

• Whole wheat
• Whole oats/oatmeal
• Whole-grain corn
• Popcorn
• Brown wild rice
• Whole rye
• Whole-grain barley
• Buckwheat
• Tritacale
• Bulgur (cracked wheat)
• Millet
• Quinoa
• Sorghum

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Key Message 4 Get Your Calcium-Rich Food

• Consume 3 cups per day of fat-free or low-fat
  milk or equivalent milk products (1 or less)
• Kids ages 2 to 8 2 cups per day
• Kids ages 9 up
• 3 cups per day

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Key Message 5 Go Lean for Protein

• Choose lean meats and poultry. Bake it, broil it,
  or grill it. And vary your protein choices with
  more fish, beans, peas, nuts, and seeds.

Includes section on vegetarian diets
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Key Message 6 Know the Limits on Fats, Salt,
and Sugars
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What Is That Yellow Band On the MyPyramid Graphic?

• Oils are fats that are liquid at room
  temperature, like the vegetable oils used in
  cooking. Oils come from many different plants and
  from fish. Some common oils are
• canola oil
• corn oil
• cottonseed oil
• olive oil
• safflower oil
• soybean oil
• sunflower oil

• Some oils are used mainly as flavorings, such as
  walnut oil and sesame oil. A number of foods are
  naturally high in oils, like
• nuts
• olives
• some fish
• avocados
• Foods that are mainly oil include mayonnaise,
  certain salad dressings, and soft (tub or
  squeeze) margarine with no trans fats.

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Servings
Daily Amounts in cups or ounces
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Portion Sizes Cheese

• 1½ ounces of natural cheese 6 dice
• 1½ ounces of cheddar cheese 150 Calories
• 1 cup of 2 milk 120 calories
• 1 cup of 1 milk 105 calories

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Portion Sizes Meat

• 3 oz. cooked meat, fish, or poultry a deck of
  cards
• 3 oz. top round steak 150 calories
• 3 oz. rib eye steak 190 calories
• 3 oz. pinto beans 113 Calories

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Portion Sizes ½ and 1 cup

• 1 cup 1 baseball

½ cup ½ baseball
½ cup corn 75 calories ½ cup nuts 340
calories ½ cup of yogurt 90 Calories
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Portion Sizes 1 tsp 1 Tbsp

• 1 teaspoon the tip of a thumb to the first
  joint

1 tablespoon 3 thumb tips
1 Tbsp sour cream 20 calories 1 Tbsp sugar 35
calories
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A new concept first described by the 2005
Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
Discretionary Calories
Essential calories are the calories needed to
meet nutrient requirements when consuming foods
in lean, low-fat, and no-added-sugar forms.
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Use Discretionary Calories To

• Increase amount of food selected from a food
  group
• Consume foods that are not in the lowest fat
  formsuch as 2 milk or medium-fat meat or items
  that contain added sugars
• Add oil, fat, or sugar to foods
• Consume alcohol (for those who consume alcohol)

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RESOURCES
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MyPyramid.gov Web Site
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Consumer Materials

• Graphic Image and Slogan
• Poster
• Mini Poster
• Web site MyPyramid.gov
• MyPyramid Plan
• MyPyramid Tracker
• Inside MyPyramid
• Kids Materials
• Spanish Version

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THANK YOU!!
DEBORAH GRISCHKE, MS, CFCS grischke_at_msu.edu