Standards & Guidelines
Supplemental Instruction
Iowa State University / Leader: / Megan Koehn
Course: / FS HN 167
Instructor: / Rose Martin
Date: / January 20, 2016
Nutrition and Nutrients
Definition of nutrition:
Definition of nutrients:
· Non-essential
· Essential
Malnutrition:
· Over nutrition:
· Under nutrition:
Macronutrients
Carbs _____ a. 4 kcal
Vitamins _____ b. 9 kcal
Fat _____ c. no energy value
Protein _____
Minerals _____
Water _____
Standards and Guidelines
DRI: Dietary Reference Intakes à group recommendations based on age, sex, pregnancy/lactation. Focus on amounts of nutrients.
Micronutrients:
RDA:
AI:
UL:
Energy and macronutrients
AMDR:
Carbs:
Protein:
Fat:
DG: Daily guidelines à prevent chronic disease (My Plate derived from this)
Translation for consumers
My Plate:
Food Labels (DV%):
Practice calculation:
Lets say you eat a hot dog. It has 13g of fat, 2g of carbohydrate, and 5g of protein.
How many calories from: %age of kcal in the hot dog:
Fat ______Fat ______
Carb______Carb ______
Protein ______Protein ______
TOTAL KCAL ______