Description
Healthy Eating Toolkit for Health Professionals
Nutrition is one of the best tools we have to help reduce the risk of chronic disease. Health professionals play a key role in encouraging healthy food and beverage choices. These materials can be used by health professionals to initiate a conversation and to share key messages with patients or program participants on the evidence-based nutrition guidance found in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020–2025.
- Talk to Your Patients about Healthy Eating
- Build Healthy Eating Routines Across the Lifespan
- Cut Down on Added Sugars, Sodium, and Saturated Fat
- Make Healthy Drink Choices
Food Sources of Select Nutrients
Providers can use these lists of nutrient-dense foods to educate patients and FIM participants on foods to eat to increase nutrient intake. The focus is on dietary components of public health concern, such as, calcium, potassium, dietary fiber, Vitamin D and iron.
