Transcript Eating Well with Canada`s Food Guide

Eating Well with
Canada’s Food Guide
History of Canada’s Food
Guide
• First Food Guide was developed in 1942
• The Food Guide has changed many times
over the years. The newest Food Guide was
released February 5, 2007.
• Key Question: What are some reasons why
the Food Guide changed so many times over
the years?
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Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide
• Rainbow design emphasizes
vegetables and fruit
• Background image depicts
connection between food
and their origin
• Graphics reflect diversity of
foods available in Canada
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Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide
• Is based on current evidence
• Recommends eating more vitamin and mineral-rich
foods more often
• DRI’s (Dietary Reference Intakes)
• Communicates amounts and types of food
needed to help:
• Meet nutrient needs and promote health
• Minimize the risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart
disease, certain types of cancer and osteoporosis
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What can we use the Food Guide for?
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Planning healthy meals
Shopping tips
Reading food labels
Smart snacking
Counting servings
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Activity #1 – Comparing Canada’s Old
Food Guide to the New Food Guide
Directions:
• In groups of 3 or 4, discuss the differences and similarities
between the old Canada’s Food Guide and the new
Canada’s Food Guide
• On a piece of loose leaf write down 3 similarities and 3
differences
• Choose a speaker for each group to share the group’s ideas
with the entire class – but everyone must have the answers
written down!
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A healthy eating pattern for Canadians
• The interior pages provide guidance on quantity
of food to eat and quality of food choices
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Guidance on the quantity of food
• Guidance is given for
males and females, 2
years and older:
• Children, teens and
adults
• A small amount of
unsaturated fats is
recommended
• For intake of essential
fatty acids
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What is one Food Guide Serving?
• A “Food Guide Serving” is:
• A reference amount
• Not necessarily intended to represent what would
be eaten in one sitting
• Illustrations and different
measures are used to help
communicate what is one
Food Guide Serving
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Counting Food Guide Servings
• An example is provided illustrating how to
estimate the number of Food Guide Servings
in a meal
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Activity #2 – Determining Serving Sizes
Directions:
• In your same groups, get together and work
through the chart handout.
• Be prepared to share and discuss answers.
• Everyone must record the correct answers
• Hint: Use your Food Guide to help you find the
correct answers.
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Guidance on the quality of food choices
• Oils and fats
• The types of oils and fats to include and the
types to limit
• Choices within each food group
• Guidance on lower fat / sugar / salt choices (ex:
“Choose vegetables and fruit prepared with little
or no added fat, sugar or salt.”)
• The Food Guide includes more guidance on
quality of choices
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Guidance on the quality of food choices:
Vegetables and Fruit
• Eat at least one dark green and one orange
vegetable each day
• For folate and vitamin A intake
• Have vegetables and
fruit more often than
juice
• For fibre intake
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Guidance on the quality of food choices:
Grain Products
• Make at least half your grain products whole
grain each day
• For fibre and magnesium intake
• To reduce risk of cardiovascular
disease
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Guidance on the quality of food choices:
Milk and Alternatives
• Drink skim, 1%, or 2% milk each day
• For calcium and vitamin D intake
• Have 500 mL (2 cups) of milk
every day for adequate vitamin D
• Drink fortified soy beverages if
you do not drink milk
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Guidance on the quality of food choices:
Meat and Alternatives
• Have meat alternatives such as beans,
lentils and tofu often
• For a lower saturated fat intake
• For fibre intake
• Eat at least two Food Guide
Servings of fish each week
• To reduce risk of cardiovascular
disease
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Make each Food Guide Serving count….
• Advice on the quality of food choices is an
essential part of the pattern
• Bolded statements provide
advice on quality of choices
• Non-bolded statements
provide actionable tips
• Messages on variety and
water
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Advice for Canadians of all ages
• Canada’s food guide provides advice
for those who are:
- Over the age of 50
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
- Children over the age of 2
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Activity #3: Quality of food
choices
Directions:
• Work with a partner
• On your work sheet, prepare a bagged
lunch for a child in grade 2. Follow some
guidelines presented in Canada’s Food
Guide.
• Be prepared to share answers.
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Eat well and be active every day
• Highlights benefits of eating well and being active
• Encourages regular physical activity
• 30 to 60 minutes per day for adults
• At least 90 minutes per day for children and teens
• Includes messaging about
adding up short periods
throughout the day
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Eat well and be active every day
• Encourages eating the recommended amount
and type of food
• Encourages limiting foods high in calories, fat,
sugar, salt
• Eating well requires
making different
choices for many
Canadians
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Eat well and be active every day
• Encourages the use of the Nutrition Facts table
• To choose foods with less fat, saturated
and trans fat, sugar and sodium
• To become aware of the calorie content of foods
• Encourages asking for
nutrition information to
make informed choices
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Eat well and be active every day
• Provides actionable tips towards…
• Eating well: ‘Take time to eat and
savour every bite!’
• And being active: ‘Walk wherever you
can – get off the bus early, use the
stairs.’
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Food Guide website
• Expands on information from the Food Guide in
four main sections:
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Food Guide Basics
Choosing Foods
Using the Food Guide
Maintain Healthy Habits
• Includes background
information on the Food
Guide
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Food Guide website
• Includes interactive tools:
• Guided tour
• My Food Guide
• Links to Dietitians
of Canada “EATracker”
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Resources for YOU to use on
the Food Guide website
• “Tips for Consumers”
• Ready-to-use tips for each recommendation
• “Put it into Practice”
• Highlights examples of some of the
challenges to healthy eating.
• Sample one-day menus
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Conclusion
• Canada’s Food Guide plays a vital role
in:
• Helping Canadians to understand and
choose healthy lifestyles.
• Integrating its recommendations into
policies and programs that support healthy
eating
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For more information,
visit Canada’s Food Guide online:
www.healthcanada.gc.ca/foodguide
Other Excellent Websites:
www.Dieticians.ca
www.kidshealth.org
www.canada-health-network.ca
www.nc-sc.gc.ca
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