"Food triangle"

lifegoeson25
lifegoeson25 Posts: 50 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hi

I am a student in secondary school for the subject home science.
In the Flemish part of Belgium we use this "food triangle" to guide children and adults into eating healthy and making right decisions.

http://users.edpnet.be/peetersnico/Kotkoken/Images/voedings_driehoek.jpg

TOP OF TRIANGLE
"Everything else"
Fat (e.g. butter, margarine...) (consider it - not to much!)
Dairy or substitutes for dairy (3 - 4 glasses; 1 - 2 slices cheese) | Meat, fish, eggs, meat replacers (75 - 100 grams)
Vegetables (300 grams) | Fruit (2 - 3 pieces)
Cereal products (5 to 12 slices of brown bread) and potatoes (3 to 5 pieces, boiled)
Water (1.5 l a day)
Move (adults: min. 30 minutes; children: min. 60 minutes)
BOTTOM OF TRIANGLE

Some notes: bread and potatoes are really important to us :)

I am just curious:
Do you have something similar?
What do you think of this "food triangle"?

Thank you!

Replies

  • rockmama72
    rockmama72 Posts: 815 Member
    In the US, we have what's called MyPlate. Check out choosemyplate.gov. School lunch programs are based on it.

    When I was your age, we had the "four food groups" (in the 80s) and then we had the food pyramid. There has always been some controversy here about whether or not the suggested foods are healthy. For example, google "ketchup as a vegetable" and you'll find some fun research to add to your project.

    Good luck!
  • tjmakus
    tjmakus Posts: 2 Member
    In Canada we have the following food guide.

    http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/alt_formats/hpfb-dgpsa/pdf/food-guide-aliment/view_eatwell_vue_bienmang-eng.pdf

    I've heard of MyPlate before out of the US in magazines.

    Thanks for sharing. I'll check out both your options. :)
  • Trechechus
    Trechechus Posts: 2,819 Member
    We have a good pyramid in the US, too.

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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Our old food pyramid, which we had until recently and is what I learned in school, is almost exactly the same. The main objections, as I recall, were that it emphasized grains so much and made no distinction between whole grains and others, and that it didn't emphasis vegetables enough. Now we have My Plate, I guess, plus the modified version of the pyramid shown above.

    Ugh, I found an image of the old one, but I can't recall how to link in this format.
  • verhunzt
    verhunzt Posts: 154 Member
    It surprises me to see that it basically says you should eat more bread than fruits and vegetables..
  • TheWorstHorse
    TheWorstHorse Posts: 185
    Look for the med diet food pyramid. It addresses many of the questions (too many grains?) that people have with the "myplate" pyramid.
  • sodakat
    sodakat Posts: 1,126 Member
    I sometimes substitute in the school kitchen. I know there is a lot of pre-planning and record keeping involved now in order to meet federal government guidelines. The food for the most part is processed however and comes from giant vendors that supply lots of institutions. Kind of discouraging.

    So, about a week ago I was chatting with the head cook and asked her specifically which federal guidelines she MUST follow in order to stay compliant. She said that the bottom line was calories, rather than the nutritional breakdown. Granted they are supposed to offer a fruit, a vegetable, a grain and a protein source at each meal, but there is some wiggle room there. For instance, the fruits and vegetables are offered via a salad bar and although the kids are encouraged to take at least one serving, no one can make them eat it. There is a tremendous amount of waste by the way.

    After she told me that following calorie guidelines I asked her what those guidelines were. She said 600 for K-6 and 800 for 7-12th graders for the noon meal. This school also provides an afternoon fruit snack in the classroom for K-6.

    There is also a federal grant available for an after school snack. Unfortunately, IMO, all these snacks are pre-packaged items from the large food vendors. I think most of the snacks run between 100 and 250 calories. Some days they are given 2 snack items in order to meet the guidelines. I am pretty sure that the after school snacks program has to include certain macros/micros more than calorie goals.

    Regarding the heavy load of grains on the food pyramid, I wonder if the goal is B vitamins and the need to eat more grains in order to obtain a correct daily amount?
  • rockmama72
    rockmama72 Posts: 815 Member
    I sometimes substitute in the school kitchen. I know there is a lot of pre-planning and record keeping involved now in order to meet federal government guidelines. The food for the most part is processed however and comes from giant vendors that supply lots of institutions. Kind of discouraging.

    So, about a week ago I was chatting with the head cook and asked her specifically which federal guidelines she MUST follow in order to stay compliant. She said that the bottom line was calories, rather than the nutritional breakdown. Granted they are supposed to offer a fruit, a vegetable, a grain and a protein source at each meal, but there is some wiggle room there. For instance, the fruits and vegetables are offered via a salad bar and although the kids are encouraged to take at least one serving, no one can make them eat it. There is a tremendous amount of waste by the way.

    After she told me that following calorie guidelines I asked her what those guidelines were. She said 600 for K-6 and 800 for 7-12th graders for the noon meal. This school also provides an afternoon fruit snack in the classroom for K-6.

    There is also a federal grant available for an after school snack. Unfortunately, IMO, all these snacks are pre-packaged items from the large food vendors. I think most of the snacks run between 100 and 250 calories. Some days they are given 2 snack items in order to meet the guidelines. I am pretty sure that the after school snacks program has to include certain macros/micros more than calorie goals.

    Regarding the heavy load of grains on the food pyramid, I wonder if the goal is B vitamins and the need to eat more grains in order to obtain a correct daily amount?

    This is interesting, thanks for sharing! I've suspected that one of the reasons they recommend so many grains is that we produce (and subsidize) so much grain in the US. I have absolutely no data to back up my hypothesis :)
  • PJPrimrose
    PJPrimrose Posts: 916 Member
    I must say they are starving the really tall kids! LOL. I had to send my child to school with snacks. He'd have faded away on that.
  • lifegoeson25
    lifegoeson25 Posts: 50 Member
    Thank you all for answering!

    Maybe a small correction: I am a college student, studying to become a teacher in secondary school for the subject home science :)
  • FlaxMilk
    FlaxMilk Posts: 3,452 Member
    I really like the MyPlate, but I do wish it had a little section for fats in each meal. (I don't think it does, anyway.)
  • lifegoeson25
    lifegoeson25 Posts: 50 Member
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  • lifegoeson25
    lifegoeson25 Posts: 50 Member
    It surprises me to see that it basically says you should eat more bread than fruits and vegetables..

    I never thought of it in this way. This is something I will, definately, think about!
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    I thought it was something akin to the Bermuda triangle.
  • knra_grl
    knra_grl Posts: 1,566 Member
    https://www.google.ca/search?q=food+triangle+canada&rlz=1C1TGIB_enCA586CA586&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=zKFmU7X1A4ifyAS3tYFY&ved=0CEIQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=971&dpr=1

    Canada's food guide - personally I would move the proteins to a bigger part of the triangle :ohwell:
  • lifegoeson25
    lifegoeson25 Posts: 50 Member
    I thought it was something akin to the Bermuda triangle.

    Sorry for the confusion :)
  • SomeNights246
    SomeNights246 Posts: 807 Member
    That sounds pretty much like the food pyramid. Which is what I learned in school. Now, they use 'my plate' in the US. Which is pretty much like... a plate to make sure you eat each food group. "Protein", "Fruit", "Dairy", etc

    They even sell plates for kids now that have a section for each.

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