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How to Avoid Unwanted Dinner Guests

Why we need to follow the 4 Simple Steps to Food Safety:

· Food borne illness is caused by food that has become contaminated with harmful bacteria (BAC), viruses, toxins, parasites, or chemicals.

· Food borne illness occurs in about 76 million Americans/year, of these 5,000 die.

· Signs & symptoms of food borne illness range from vomiting, nausea, fever, diarrhea, & dehydration lasting several hours to days to more severe such as paralysis and meningitis.

· Everyone can become ill from unsafe food but the very young, older adults, pregnant women, & the chronically ill are at greater risk.

· We can help prevent food borne illness by following the 4 Simple Steps to Food Safety.

www.fightbac.org

www.IsItDoneYet.gov

What’s MyPyramid

MyPyramid provides food-based guidance to help implement the Dietary Guidelines. It is an excellent tool to use for understanding nutrient needs across the life cycle, planning meals and snacks, weight maintenance, loss or gain, need for physical activity, and gradually improving your diet.

MyPyramid Food Intake Pattern Calorie Levels

http://mypyramid.gov/downloads/MyPyramid_Calorie_Levels.pdf

Anatomy of MyPyramid

http://mypyramid.gov/downloads/MyPyramid_Anatomy.pdf

Food Pictures

http://www.drinkmainemilk.org/about/home.html

Plastic portion plate as an example of how meals need to be planned

http://www.enasco.com/Buscar.do?q=plastic+portion+plate

Personalized MyPyramid Mini Poster/meal plan

http://mypyramid.gov/professionals/resultsdownld.html

MyPyramid Food Tracking worksheet

http://mypyramid.gov/professionals/food_tracking_wksht.html