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Extension Human Nutrition Home Page | Nutrition News | Audio Files | Family Nutrition Program | Nutrition Links
2005 Dietary Guidelines and MyPyramid
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MyPyramid and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 give advice that promotes health and reduces risk of chronic diseases. These science-based guidelines from the federal government are intended for all people over the age of two years who live in the U.S. On this site you will find:
Resources for consumers about the Dietary
Guidelines for Americans and MyPyramid:
A
Description of the Modified MyPyramid for Older Adults
Graphic
of the Modified MyPyramid for Older Adults
8 page fact sheet, Steps to a
Healthier You: A Summary of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
and the Food Guide/MyPyramid.
4 page Leader's Guide, Steps to
a Healthier You: A Summary of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for
Americans and the Food Guide/MyPyramid.
USDA's MyPyramid
interactive web site gives personalized information about what and how
much to eat. It includes information about MyPyramid for Kids.
Learn how to tour the
MyPyramid web site with a handout for adults, or use a similar
handout for kids featuring the Power Panther.
Click
here to view the USDA MyPyramid mini poster.
Click here to order a pad of 50 USDA MyPyramid
mini posters, 2 sides in full-color.
An Eating Plan for
You -- Advice for Adults lets you determine your personalized
MyPyramid recommendations without using a computer. This 6 page booklet
has charts and a fill-in-the-blanks color adaptation of materials from the
interactive MyPyramid web site.
An Eating Plan for You
-- Advice for Teens is a similar
booklet, but without as many charts.
For any calorie level, use a fill-in-the-blank
MyPyramid Worksheet (and a sample completed
worksheet), a full-color daily food and physical activity diary
adapted from materials on the MyPyramid web site.
A Health-Full Plate
is a 2 page visual guide for making food choices based on the proportions
of food recommended for adults by MyPyramid (click here for Spanish
version).
My Food Shopping List is
2 pages with sections for each food group.
An 8-page newsletter provides focused summaries of the
Dietary Guidelines for Americans: Overview, Food Safety, Weight Management
and Exercise, Sodium, Potassium, Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages, and
Fats. (The Nutrition Spotlight July/August 2005.)
A
summary of Finding Your Way to a Healthier
You, the advice given to consumers by the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for
Americans. Two pages, by K-State Research and Extension Human Nutrition.
Click here if you want the summary that
prints well in black and white.
A brochure called
Finding your Way to a Healthier You
helps consumers use the guidelines. K-State Research and Extension Human
Nutrition re-formatted the federal version of the brochure, which prints
out on 12 pages, to print out on six pages instead.
Click here if you want the brochure that
prints well in black and white.
Key recommendations
for the general population from the
2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. K-State Research and Extension
Human Nutrition reformatted the federal version and added graphics.
Click here if you want the 4 sided
document that prints well in black and white.
Recommendations for specific population
groups from the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The specific
groups include people of varying age groups, those with dark skin, those
who are immuno-compromised and those who are exposed to insufficient
sunlight. K-State Research and Extension Human Nutrition re-formatted the
federal version and added graphics. Click
here if you want the 5-sided document that prints well in black and
white.
Executive Summary of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines (also available in
Spanish).
The
entire
document of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which is 84
pages.
The
HealthierUS.gov website is a
source of credible, accurate information to help Americans choose to live
healthier lives.
Sizing Up Portions - Slide show with 40 slides. Summarizes standard servings, based on the 2005 MyPyramid and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and gives ideas for how to estimate portions. It also shows how standard portions have increased over the past 20 years, with descriptions of how many more calories are in 10 current standard food portions and how long it would take to burn those extra calories doing a specific physical activity. The following food items are shown: bagel, muffin, popcorn, french fries, spaghetti and meatballs, pepperoni pizza, cheeseburger, soft drink, coffee and a chocolate chip cookie. (Available in Microsoft Powerpoint only.) Fact sheet #1: Sizing Up Portions is a one-sided fact sheet summarizing examples of everyday items that can be used to estimate portion sizes. Fact sheet #2: Our Changing Food Portions (this fact sheet is also available in Spanish) details how portions and the food supply have changed since the 1950's. This two-sided fact sheet is designed to be printed on legal size (8 1/2 x 14 inch) paper. Fact sheet #3: 100 Calories to Halt Weight Gain describes ways to trim calories from food, burn calories with physical activity and combinations of doing both. This one-sided fact sheet prints well on either letter - or legal-size paper. An 81-minute video of a training presentation by Dr. Mary Meck Higgins entitled Steps to a Healthier You: A Summary of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the Food Guide/MyPyramid, which was given at the Family and Consumer Sciences Update on August 30, 2005, on the K-State Campus, can be viewed with Microsoft Media Player. It can be played back in 3 different band rates depending on what type of Internet connection your viewer is using. (dial-up, dsl, or T -1 broadband).
If you have questions about the information on this page, please contact Dr. Mary L. Meck Higgins, Ph.D., R.D., CDE, Extension Specialist and Associate Professor, K-State Research and Extension, Department of Human Nutrition, Rm. 202 Justin Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506. Phone: (785) 532-1671 FAX: (785) 532-1678, email: mhiggins@ksu.edu
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