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The Right Calories for You!

When it comes to maintaining a healthy weight for a lifetime, the bottom line is—calories count! Weight management is all about balance—balancing the number of calories you consume with the number of calories your body uses or “burns off.” This 30-minute webinar will be packed with information about resting metabolic rate, energy requirements, tools to […]

WRITTEN BY: Cindy Conway, MS, RDN, LD Research Associate, Ohio SNAP-Ed Program

Making the New Dietary Guidelines a Part of Your Life: Veggies & Fruits

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2015-2020  offers new recommendations focused on overall eating patterns. How can we put these Guidelines to use in everyday life? This post will be the first in a series, explaining the Guidelines’ Key Recommendations and how to apply them. The Key Recommendations offer pointers on what a healthy eating pattern should […]

WRITTEN BY: Shawna Hite, Healthy People Program Specialist, OSU Extension Family & Consumer Sciences

REVIEWED BY: Susan Zies, Extension Educator, OSU Extension, Family & Consumer Sciences and Shannon Smith, BGSU Dietetic Intern with OSU Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences

SOURCES:

  • Food Nutrition and Consumer Services. What’s Cooking? USDA Mixing Bowl. USDA. Retrieved from: http://www.whatscooking.fns.usda.gov/

REFERENCES:

  • Centers for Disease Control (CDC) (November, 2015). Cutting calories: How to use fruits and vegetables to help manager your weight. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/healthy_eating/fruits_vegetables.html
  • Center for Nutrition Policy & Promotion (January 2016). Focus on fruits. USDA. Retrieved from: http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/sites/default/files/dietary_guidelines_for_americans/DGTipsheet3FocusonFruits.pdf
  • Center for Nutrition and Policy Promotion (January 2016). Focus on Vegetables. USDA. Retrieved from: http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/sites/default/files/dietary_guidelines_for_americans/DGTipsheet2AddMoreVegetables.pdf
  • Miller, S. R., & Knudson, W. A. (2014). Nutrition and cost comparisons of select canned, frozen, and fresh fruits and vegetables. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 1559827614522942.
  • MyPlate.gov (February, 2016). MyWins: Healthy eating solutions for everyday life. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved from: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/myplate-mywins
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2015 – 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. 8th Edition. December 2015. Available athttp://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/guidelines/

Healthy Teeth and Gums, Healthy Body

Do you ever think “Thank goodness I don’t have that!” when you hear about teeth and gum issues?  Well here’s what you need to know about where those issues come from. Bacteria can be found almost everywhere and our mouths are full of bacteria.  A sticky film on teeth and tissues in the mouth, caused […]

WRITTEN BY: Candace J. Heer, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Morrow County, heer.7@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Jami Dellifield, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Hardin County, dellifield.2@osu.edu

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • http://www.ohr.gatech.edu/openenrollment/educate

REFERENCES:

  • http://archives.microbeworld.org/microbes/bacteria/where.aspx
  • http://www.simplyteeth.com/category/sections/adult/CaringTeethGums/CleaningBetweenTeeth.asp?category=adultList§ion=99&page=30
  • http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/oralhealth/Topics/GumDiseases/PeriodontalGumDisease.htm
  • http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/cavities/basics/prevention/con-20030076
  • http://www.mouthhealthy.org/en/nutrition
  • http://www.mouthhealthykids.org/en/

Do you need Sports Drinks? Energy Drinks?

All the advertisements on television would make us believe that if you are participating in any sports you need to have sports drinks to help you.  The ads target children and youth marketing them as a healthy alternative to soda.  Are they necessary?  Do they help you?  Is the cost worth it? The ads state […]

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