I want to tell everyone about Choose My Plate! Choose My Plate is a website created by the United States Department of Agriculture. The goal of choose my plate is to “advance and promote dietary guidance for all Americans”(USDA). In order to achieve this goals choose my plate focuses on creating balanced and nutritious meals. A nutritious and balanced diet positively affects a child’s development. According to James Graham, “a freelance medical writer with a PhD in neuroscience”(Ausmed) “during childhood, under-nutrition causes children to have less energy and less interest for learning, which negatively influences cognitive development and academic performance. Under-nutrition will also affect physical growth and maturation, thus affecting growth rate, body weight and ultimately height”. Choose My Plate guides students in creating balanced diets that ensure they will have the energy they need to maintain healthy cognitive and physical development. On their website they educate you about each food group. For example one food group is fruit. Choose my plate tells you which foods are in the food group, how much fruit you need each day( one cup) and what you can eat to get your one cup of fruit each day. Choose my plate also gives the option to sign up for a choose my plate plan. “The My Plate Plan shows your food group targets – what and how much to eat within your calorie allowance. Your food plan is personalized, based on your age, sex, height, weight, and physical activity level” (USDA). One other awesome feature that Choose My Plate offers is a variety of print materials such as guides to school lunches and breakfasts, tips for making family meals, different ways to cook a variety of foods, physical activity and so much more! With the knowledge, guidance and materials Choose My Plate provides, students and families can achieve healthy and balanced diets that positively support development. Here is the link to choose my plate!: https://www.choosemyplate.gov/ Resources: Graham.J (2016). Nutrition and Health in Childcare and the Role of the Healthcare Worker. Ausmed. Retrieved from: https://www.ausmed.com/articles/nutrition-for-children/ Here are some of my favorite print materials!
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