Nutrition Facts and Healthy Snacks

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Nutrition Facts and Healthy Snacks

• Kimberly Kanechika, RD
• Angela Miyamoto, MPH, RD
• University of Hawaii,
• Cooperative Extension Service
• Hawaii Child Care Nutrition Program

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Overview

• Nutrition for children
• Healthy Eating Environment
• Appropriate food choices
• Choosing Healthy Snacks
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
• Food Guidance System
• Food labels
• Minimum component snack requirements

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Healthy Eating Environment

• Caregivers decide
• When to eat
• What foods to offer
• Where to eat

• Children decide
• Whether to eat
• What foods to eat
• How much to eat

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Appropriate Food Choices

• Some foods that may cause choking
• Hot dogs
• Whole grapes, Cherries with pits
• Raisins
• Raw celery and carrots
• Large pieces of fruit with skin
• Nuts and seeds
• Chunks of meat
• Popcorn
• Round or hard candy

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Appropriate Food Choices

• Common food allergens
• Milk
• Eggs
• Fish (bass, flounder, cod)
• Crustacean shellfish (crab, lobster, shrimp)
• Tree nuts (almonds, walnuts, pecans)
• Peanuts
• Wheat
• Soy beans

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What is a Healthy Snack?
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Choosing Healthy Snacks

• Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
• Food Guidance System
• Food labels
• Minimum Component Requirements for Snacks

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Dietary Guidelines for Americans

• Foods to encourage
• Milk
• Fruits vegetables
• Whole grains
• Choose nutrient-dense foods beverages
• Moderate total fat sugars
• Choose foods low in saturated fat cholesterol

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Child Care Meal PatternMinimum Component
Requirements
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Foods to encourage - Milk

• Nutrients
• Protein
• Calcium
• Potassium
• Some B-vitamins
• Fortified with Vitamin D Vitamin A

• Health Benefits
• Build and maintain bone mass
• Healthy teeth

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Choose nutrient-dense milk
Nonfat
1
Whole
2
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Moderate total fat limit saturated fat
Whole -150 calories -8 g total fat -5 g
saturated fat
Reduced-Fat or 2 -120 calories -5 g total
fat -3 g saturated fat
Low-fat or 1 -110 calories -2.5 g total
fat -1.5 g saturated fat
Nonfat -90 calories -0 g total fat -0 g
saturated fat
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Label Reading Nutrient Content Claims
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Child Care Meal PatternMinimum Component
Requirements
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Foods to encourage - Fruits Vegetables

• Try many different kinds, colors and forms
• Fresh
• Frozen
• Canned
• Dried
• Limit juices

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Foods to encourage - Fruits Vegetables

• Nutrients
• Dietary fiber
• Vitamin A, C, E
• Folate
• Potassium

• Health Benefits
• Maintain regularity
• May help prevent certain chronic diseases
• Helps keep our eyes, skin, blood healthy
• Healthy immune system

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Choose nutrient-densefruits vegetables
Example

• Pineapple A
• Ingredients Pineapple, clarified pineapple
  juice, sugar
• Serving size 2 slices (117 grams)
• Total Carb 23 grams
• Sugars 21 grams
• In heavy syrup

• Pineapple B
• Ingredients Pineapple, pineapple juice, water
  clarified pineapple juice concentrate
• Serving size ½ cup (122 grams)
• Total Carb 15 grams
• Sugars 13 grams
• In 100 pineapple juice

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Moderate sugars

• Names for added sugars that may appear on
  food labels

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Child Care Meal PatternMinimum Component
Requirements
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Foods to encourage - a variety of grains,
especially whole grains

• Enriched grains
• Folic acid
• Thiamin
• Riboflavin
• Niacin
• Iron

• Whole grains naturally contain
• Dietary Fiber
• B-Vitamins, Vitamin E
• Minerals, like Iron, Zinc, Magnesium
• Antioxidants
• Whole grains may be fortified with
• Folic acid

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Foods to encourage Whole Grains

• Health Benefits
• Help maintain regularity
• May help reduce the risk of certain chronic
  diseases
• Help with metabolism

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Identifying whole grains

• White rice
• Wheat flour
• Whole oats
• Corn Tortillas
• Noodles

• No
• No
• Yes
• Maybe
• Maybe

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Identifying whole grainsLabel Reading

• Whole or Whole-grain
• 100 whole grain
• 10 grams of whole grain
• Fiber content
• Whole Grain Council Stamp

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Choose nutrient-dense grains Example 1

• Cracker B
• Baked Snack Crackers
• Baked with 100 Whole Grain
• Ingredients Whole grain wheat flour, soybean
  oil, sugar, cornstarch, corn syrup, salt, high
  fructose corn syrup, barley malt syrup
• Dietary Fiber 2 grams

• Cracker A
• Whole Wheat Crackers
• Ingredients Enriched, unbleached flour (flour,
  niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate,
  riboflavin,folic acid), water, whole wheat flour,
  blend of partially hydrogenated vegetable
  shortening, wheat bran
• Dietary Fiber lt 1 gram

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Choose nutrient-dense grains Example 2

• Cereal A
• Oven Toasted Corn Cereal
• with Whole Grain
• Ingredients Corn meal, whole grain corn, sugar,
  corn starch, salt, calcium carbonate
• Dietary fiber 1 gram

• Cereal B
• Oven Toasted Wheat Cereal
• An excellent source of fiber
• Ingredients Whole grain wheat, sugar, salt,
  calcium carbonate, barley malt extract
• Dietary fiber 5 grams

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Label ReadingOther Nutrient Content Claims

• Excellent Source of
• High
• Rich In
• Contains at least 20 of the daily value to
  describe proteins, vitamins, minerals, dietary
  fiber, or potassium

• Others include
• Lean
• Extra Lean
• High potency
• Good Source of, Contains, Provides
• More, Added, Extra, Plus
• Modified
• Any Fiber Claim

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Child Care Meal PatternMinimum Component
Requirements
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Choose nutrient-dense meats meat alternates

• Nutrients
• Protein
• B-vitamins
• Vitamin E
• Minerals
• Essential fatty acids

• Health Benefits
• Help build and maintain our muscles, bones, skin,
  blood
• Help with metabolism
• Choose wisely
• Excess calories
• Heart health

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Choose nutrient-dense meat meat alternates

• Lean or Low-fat meats and poultry
• Ground meats 90-lean
• Poultry without skin
• Include cholesterol-free dried beans and peas
• Choose fish too
• Polyunsaturated fatty acids
• Omega-3 fatty acids
• Moderate processed meats

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Choose nutrient-dense tuna Example

• Tuna A
• Ingredients Light tuna, soybean oil, vegetable
  broth, salt
• Serving size 2 oz drained
• Calories 110
• Total fat 6 grams
• Saturated fat 1 gram
• In oil

• Tuna B
• Ingredients light tuna, water, vegetable broth,
  salt
• Serving size 2 oz drained
• Calories 60
• Total fat 0.5 grams
• Saturated fat 0 grams
• In water

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In review

• Encourage
• Milk
• A variety of fruits vegetables
• A variety of whole grains
• Choose nutrient-dense foods beverages
• Moderate total fat sugars
• Limit saturated fat cholesterol
• Aim for a balance of taste and nutrition

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Websites

• Dietary Guidelines for Americans
• http//www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/
• MyPyramid
• http//www.mypyramid.gov/
• Nutrition Facts Label
• http//www.cfsan.fda.gov/dms/foodlab.html
• Whole Grains Council
• http//www.wholegrainscouncil.org/

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Questions?
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• Hawaii Child Care Nutrition Program
• 1955 East-West Road, 306
• Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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