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Dietary Guidelines For Adults

Unlike previous guidelines, the 2005 Dietary Guidelines call on all health and wellness professionals to take an active role in disseminating the recommendations contained in the guidelines. That includes you!

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Former Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Tommy Thompson, indicates that “our health care system is not equipped to meet the skyrocketing costs associated with chronic diseases”. If current policies and conditions hold true, by the year 2011, our nation will be spending over $2.8 trillion on health care. As a nation, we cannot afford this escalating cost. Hence, the vision for prevention, says Tommy Thompson, “is to build a community-based public health infrastructure that embraces prevention as a priority.”

However, a year after the introduction of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines, 68% of Americans, when asked if the new food pyramid changed their eating habits, said they had not made any dietary changes. Only 11% indicated that they changed the way they eat. Ten percent didn’t’ even know what the food pyramid was and 11% said they didn’t understand the pyramid. This is our chance to educate those people.

The theme of this course is to educate students about the background and details of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines, to work through an example of implementation of the guidelines utilizing the Food Guidance System at MyPyramid.gov. This course also includes a discussion of the strengths and limitations of the Food Guidance System, how to work within the limitations, and a discussion of action steps available to professionals, as outlined in the STEPS to a Healthier U.S. A secondary goal is to inspire students to take up the cause “to build a community-based public health infrastructure that embraces prevention as a priority.”