Family and Consumer Sciences
ChooseMyPlate.gov
The website features practical information and tips to help Americans build healthier diets.
It features selected messages to help consumer focus on key behaviors. Selected messages include:
- Enjoy your food, but eat less.
- Avoid oversized portions.
- Make half your plate fruits and vegetables.
- Switch to fat-free or low-fat (1%) milk.
- Make at least half your grains whole grains.
- Compare sodium in foods like soup, bread, and frozen meals—and choose foods with lower numbers.
- Drink water instead of sugary drinks.
Let’s Eat for the Health of It ( This brochure contains practical strategies to make healthy food choices. The Brochure highlights themes from the Guidelines such as Balancing Calories, Foods to Reduce, and Foods to Increase) - Dietary Guidelines brochure
The Ten Tips Nutrition Education Series provides consumers and professionals with high quality, easy-to-follow tips in a convenient, printable format. These are perfect for posting on a refrigerator.
These tips and ideas are a starting point. You will find a wealth of suggestions here that can help you get started toward a healthy diet. Choose a change that you can make today, and move toward a healthier you.
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