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This is a sample of the
report produced online at MyPyramid. Based on the information
(Age: 65, Sex: Male, Physical Activity: Less than 30 Minutes)
your results indicate that you should eat these amounts from the
following food groups daily. |
Senior Journal Opinion
New Food Pyramid Website Excellent Tool for Senior
Citizens
Its easy to use online and creates several personal
tools for you
By Tucker Sutherland, editor
May 10, 2005 Diet and nutrition are particularly
important to older people as our body makes adjustments to aging. Most
of us senior citizens are too fat, do not exercise enough and dont eat
the right foods, according to those who like to study us. The new food
pyramid Website by the USDA, which is extremely simple to use, should be
an information source that all seniors use for nutrition guidance. It
also has great tools for helping you in your quest for a healthy balance
of nutrition and exercise over time.
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April
19, 2005 On the same day one government agency releases statistics
showing a surprising number of deaths among the underweight elderly,
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The new food pyramid, announced last month and
called MyPyramid, incorporates recommendations from the 2005 Dietary
Guidelines for Americans, which was released by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
in January.
The new program is particularly designed for use on
the Web. By following this link http://www.mypyramid.gov/
an individual starts the process by entering their age, gender and
daily activity level. That is all you need to do to produce your own
personal pyramid.
But there is much more to help make this a useful
tool for senior citizens. You can convert your personal nutrition plan
to a pdf file and you can product a meal tracking worksheet.
The next step is to go to MyPyramid Tracker is an
online dietary and physical activity assessment tool that provides
information on your diet quality, physical activity status, related
nutrition messages, and links to nutrient and physical activity
information. The Food Calories/Energy Balance feature automatically
calculates your energy balance by subtracting the energy you expend from
physical activity from your food calories/energy intake.
http://www.mypyramidtracker.gov/
These two tools are available on the MyPyramid
Tracker page.
Assess Your Food Intake
The online dietary assessment provides information on your diet quality,
related nutrition messages, and links to nutrient information. After
providing a day's worth of dietary information, you will receive an
overall evaluation by comparing the amounts of food you ate to current
nutritional guidance. To give you a better understanding of your diet
over time, you can track what you eat up to a year.
Assess Your Physical Activity
The physical activity assessment evaluates your physical activity status
and provides related energy expenditure information and educational
messages. After providing a day's worth of physical activity
information, you will receive an overall score for your physical
activities that looks at the types and duration of each physical
activity you did and then compares this score to the physical activity
recommendation for health. A score over several days or up to a year
gives a better picture of your physical activity lifestyle over time.
We highly recommend senior citizens and those who
care for the elderly check out this site and the tools. It could be the
beginning of a much healthier and happier life for many older Americans.
Following are some links from the USDA Website
on more information about nutrition for older people.
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