Daily nutrition tips (A Variety of Options with
Chicken, Add more Calcium to your Daily Routine)
Consumer nutrition brochures (Healthy Habits for
Healthy Kids - a Nutrition and Activity Guide for
Parents, Start Healthy: the Guide to Teaching Your
Little One Good Eating Habits, From the Surgeon
General: Improving Bone Health.
Popular diets reviews. Every year brings a new pop-
ular diet that quickly becomes a best-selling book.
The ADA reviews them for consumers.
Home food safety. This is a national public educa-
tion initiative called ‘‘Home Food Safety... It’s in
Your Hands’’. It raises consumer awareness on theimportance of practicing food safety at home, while
communicating easy solutions so people can take
control and handle food safely in their own kitchens.United States Food and Drug Administration
(FDA)
The FDA is responsible for protecting public
health by regulating the safety, efficacy, and security
of human and veterinary drugs, biological products,
medical devices, the nation’s food supply, cosmetics,
and products that emit radiation. The FDA is also
responsible for advancing the public health by helping
the public get the accurate, science-based information
they need to use medicines and foods to improveKEY TERMS
Amino acid—There are 20 amino acids. The body
can synthesize 11 from components within the body,
but the nine called essential amino acids must be
consumed in the diet.
Binge eating disorder (BED)—Eating disorder char-
acterized by recurrent binge eating without the reg-
ular use of compensatory measures to counter the
binge eating.
Blood cholesterol—Cholesterol is a molecule from
which hormones, steroids and nerve cells are made.
It is an essential molecule for the human body and
circulates in the blood stream. Between 75 and 80%
of the cholesterol that circulates in a person’s blood-
stream is made in that person’s liver. The remainder
is acquired from animal dietary sources. It is not
found in plants. Normal blood cholesterol level is a
number obtained from blood tests. A normal choles-
terol level is defined as less than 200 mg of choles-
terol per deciliter of blood.
Calorie—A unit of food energy. In nutrition terms,
the word calorie is used instead of the scientific term
kilocalorie which represents the amount of energy
required to raise the temperature of one liter of water
by one degree centigrade at sea level. In nutrition, a
calorie of food energy refers to a kilocalorie and is
therefore equal to 1000 true calories of energy.
Cloze tests—Tests of language proficiency and what
they measure.
Fatty acid—A chemical unit that occurs naturally,
either singly or combined, and consists of strongly
linked carbon and hydrogen atoms in a chain-like
structure. The end of the chain contains a reactive acid
group made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.Food Stamp Program (FSP)—The Food Stamp Pro-
gram provides a basic safety net to millions of peo-
ple. The program was born in the late 1930s, with a
limited program in effect from 1939 to 1943. It was
revived as a pilot program in 1961 and was extended
nationwide in 1974. The current program was imple-
mented in 1977 with the goal of alleviating hunger
and malnutrition by permitting low-income house-
holds to obtain a more nutritious diet through normal
channels of trade.
Language Experience Approach—An approach to
reading instruction based on activities and stories
developed from personal experiences of the learner.
Nutrition Facts label—Labels affixed to foods sold
throughout the United States. Usually on the back or
the side of the bottle, package, or bag, the label
specifies the amount of calories provided by the
contents as well as the amount of nutrients, vitamins
and supplements.
Phytochemicals—Chemicals extracted from plants
that have health-enhancing effects.
Stroke—The sudden death of some brain cells due to
a lack of oxygen when the blood flow to the brain is
impaired by blockage or rupture of an artery.
Trace minerals—Minerals needed by the body in
small amounts. They include: selenium, iron, zinc,
copper, manganese, molybdenum, chromium,
arsenic, germanium, lithium, rubidium, tin.
Webcast—The delivery of live or delayed sound or
video broadcasts using web technologies. The sound
or video is captured by conventional video or audio
systems. It is then digitized and streamed on a web
server.Nutrition literacy