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 Dietary
choices play a critical role in the prevention of dental
caries as well as promoting a healthy lifestyle. It
is the special responsibility of the dental team to
provide patients with the necessary guidance for choosing
nutrient-dense foods, achieving a healthy weight and
maintaining adequate exercise levels. We hope that these
pages will provide you with resources to integrate oral
health with general health.
- Susan McLearan, RDHAP, MS
CDHA President 2006 |
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Healthy
Eating and Physical Activity For A Lifetime
A Guide to a Healthy Lifestyle |
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Poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle,
resulting in an energy imbalance (an imbalance between
the calories consumed and the calories expended), contribute
to about 400,000 of the 2 million or so annual deaths
in the United States. In light of the growing number
of overweight and obese Americans, a major focus of
the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans is
to provide guidance on maintaining a healthy weight,
and creating lifestyles that balance the number of calories
eaten with the number of calories expended.
Nutrition
in Periodontal Health Homestudy Course
This course provides dental hygienists with the tools
to integrate into dental hygiene practice; diet screening,
guidance, education and referral as a means to improve
oral and systemic health.
Receive 2 hours of continuing education credit |
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 Healthy
Eating and Physical Activity
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Evidence based recommendations and tools for individuals
to make healthy lifestyle choices to reduce the risk of
chronic disease through diet and physical activity. |
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 MyPyramid.gov
MyPyramid.gov can help you find the kinds and amounts
of foods that are right for you. You will get your own
food plan that includes specific daily amounts from each
food group and one of the 12-calorie levels of the food
intake patterns from the Dietary Guidelines. You can print
out a personalized mini-poster of your plan, and a worksheet
to help keep track of your progress and choose goals for
tomorrow and the future. |
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 MyPyramid
Tracker
MyPyramid Tracker is an online dietary and physical activity
assessment tool that provides information on your diet
quality, physical activity status, related nutrition messages,
and links to nutrient and physical activity information.
A personalized report shows current status in comparison
to the Dietary Guidelines recommendations, nutrient intake,
and energy balance. A history function allows you to track
your progress over time, up to one year. |
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 Small
Step Adults, Teens and Kids
Make small deliberate changes in your lifestyle—
changes that foster healthy eating, physical activity,
and the development of habits that support the prevention
of disease. This national public education program highlights
small changes over time rather than drastic lifestyle
changes that are difficult to maintain. |
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 Physical
Activity
Making moderate physical activity a part of an adult's
daily routine for at least 30 minutes per day reduces
the risk of chronic health conditions such as obesity,
hypertension, diabetes, and coronary artery disease. Children
and adolescents need at least 60 minutes of moderate to
vigorous physical activity on most days for the maintenance
of good health and for healthy weight gain. |
