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Make Your Calories Count
Use the Nutrition Facts Label for Healthy Weight Management
Three Simple Steps
Size Up Your Serving and Calories
See What's In It For You
Judge If It's Right For You
Step 1: Size Up Your Serving & Calories*
What is the serving size?
How many servings are in the container?
How many calories are in a single serving?
Example: Breakfast Foods
General Guide to Calories
Example: Cheesecake bites
Example: Shortbread Cookies
Step 2: See What's In It For You*
Always Check the %DVs
Quick Guide to %DV
Saturated fat, sodium, fiber and calcium
Example: Cereal & fiber
Example: Pudding/Yogurt & calcium
Example: Soup & saturated fat
Example: Pretzels & sodium
It's more than just calories, it's also the nutrients that count
Step 3: Judge If It's Right For You*
Pay attention to the serving size and the %DVs; Ask: Is this a smart choice?
Example: Milk, for one serving:
Example: Desserts
Example: One-dish Dinners.
Compare calories
Limit some nutrients
Get enough of other nutrients
Pull everything together
Judge if it is right for you: It's only three steps
*Make Your Calories Count is an interactive learning program that provides consumers with information to help plan a healthful diet while managing calorie intake. The exercises will help consumers use the food label to make decisions about which food choice is right for them. For simplicity, the program presents two nutrients that should be limited (saturated fat and sodium) and two nutrients that should be consumed in adequate amounts (fiber and calcium).
Use the Nutrition Facts Label for Healthy Weight Management
Three Simple Steps
Size Up Your Serving and Calories
See What's In It For You
Judge If It's Right For You
Step 1: Size Up Your Serving & Calories*
What is the serving size?
How many servings are in the container?
How many calories are in a single serving?
Example: Breakfast Foods
General Guide to Calories
Example: Cheesecake bites
Example: Shortbread Cookies
Step 2: See What's In It For You*
Always Check the %DVs
Quick Guide to %DV
Saturated fat, sodium, fiber and calcium
Example: Cereal & fiber
Example: Pudding/Yogurt & calcium
Example: Soup & saturated fat
Example: Pretzels & sodium
It's more than just calories, it's also the nutrients that count
Step 3: Judge If It's Right For You*
Pay attention to the serving size and the %DVs; Ask: Is this a smart choice?
Example: Milk, for one serving:
Example: Desserts
Example: One-dish Dinners.
Compare calories
Limit some nutrients
Get enough of other nutrients
Pull everything together
Judge if it is right for you: It's only three steps
*Make Your Calories Count is an interactive learning program that provides consumers with information to help plan a healthful diet while managing calorie intake. The exercises will help consumers use the food label to make decisions about which food choice is right for them. For simplicity, the program presents two nutrients that should be limited (saturated fat and sodium) and two nutrients that should be consumed in adequate amounts (fiber and calcium).
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