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[Image: handwashing]Smart Choices: Five Steps in Handwashing Remember the five steps of handwashing to prevent the spread of infection. [Image: snacks]Smart Choices: Healthy Snacks for Home and School Smart snacking is a great way to meet daily nutrient requirements that may be missd at meal times. Use these quick and nutritious snack ideas to add nutrients to your diet without adding too many calories. [Image: breakfast]Smart Choices: Parents....Get Straight A's with a Healthy Breakfast Your child's attention, attendance and academic achievement improve with breakfast. Helpful hints for busy parents and quick and easy ideas for breakfast included. [Image: grocery list]Smart Choices: Grocery List Use this sample grocery list for eating on the go. [Image: exercise]Smart Choices: Exercise is Fun Children should be physically active for 60 minutes every day -- or almost every day. Use these tips to help you get moving. [Image: mypyramid]Smart Choices: The Nifty Thrifty MyPyramid Use the sample shopping list to help you make thrifty choices. [Image: grocery list]Smart Choices: Need/Have/Purchase Worksheet My Grocery List: Use with Food Intake Pattern, Smart Choices Cards, Food List, Buying Guide and Menu Planner. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 | Next -> [Image: heart]Smart Choices: Give Your Heart a Break Tips for cutting down on fat and cholesterol. [Image: meal planning guide]Smart Choices: Meal Planning Guide Choose foods from each food group every day when planning your meals. Use the sample grocery planning list to help you make thrifty food choices. [Image: nutrients ]Smart Choices: Nutrients in Fruits and Vegetables Compared with people who consume a diet with only small amounts of fruits and vegetables, those who include more of these foods are less likely to have a risk of chronic diseases. [Image: breakfast]Smart Choices: Breakfast Helps You Be a Better Student Did you know that eating a morning meal does make a difference in how well you do in school? [Image: breakfast]Smart Choices: Wake Up to a Healthy Start People who eat breakfast think better, feel peppier, have better attitudes toward school or work and miss fewer days. [Image: help your heart]Smart Choices: Help Your Heart The foods you eat now can help you have a healthy heart all your life. Eating too much fat when you’re young can lead to heart problems as you grow older. Help your heart by making healthy food choices. [Image: milk]Smart Choices: Fascinating Facts About Milk You should eat dairy foods three times a day. Word activity and recipe for ice cream included. <- Prev |  2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 | Next -> [Image: fruit]Smart Choices: Fruit - Two Will Do Adults need at least 2 cups of fruit daily. Use these tips to get more fruit in your diet. [Image: eating on the go]Smart Choices: Scout Out Healthy Fast Foods Eating on the go can be a challenge if you're trying to make smart choices. This fact sheet provides information to help you find healthier fast foods or snacks, including tips on foods to eat more often, foods to avoid and snacks you can take along. It also stresses reading the nutrition information label when selecting snacks. [Image: managing food dollars]Smart Choices: Managing Your Food Dollars Have you ever had a month when you ran out of food dollars? Careful planning and shopping can help you buy more food with the dollars you have to spend. Use these tips so you and your family can get the nutrition you need to be healthy. [Image: cereal]Smart Choices: Shopping the Cereal Aisle It can be quite an adventure to shop the cereal aisle! With a little know-how, you can discover cereals that are high in fiber, nutrients and phytochemicals. [Image: walking]Smart Choices: Walking Walking briskly can be a great exercise. You don’t have to worry too much about injuries, and walking can fit into almost any schedule. Sample 12-week walking program included. [Image: measurement conversions]Smart Choices: Measurement Conversions This chart helps you convert ounces to teaspoons, teaspoons to tablespoons, cups to pints or quarts, etc. [Image: thrifty choices]Smart Choices: Thrifty Choices Can Be Fun Rules of grocery shopping, how to get nutrients from your snacks, how to grow your own potatoes and a recipe for toasted pumpkin seeds are included. <- Prev |  3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 | Next -> Smart Choices: Is it done yet? Use this chart of USDA's recommended safe minimum internal terperatures to prepare your foods safely. Smart Choices: General Microwaving Tips Follow these guidelines to fix it fast. Smart Choices: Thrifty Food Rules Follow these rules to be a smart shopper. Smart Choices: Buying and Storage Guide for Fresh Foods When foods don't have a label, it's difficult to figure out how much to buy. Use this buying guide as a reference. Use the storage guide for keeping the foods you buy fresh and safe. Save money by managing your refrigerator and pantry. Smart Choices: Don't Waste a Dollar A list of foods that cost a dollar or less in Louisiana in 2007. Smart Choices: Food Lists Use this food list as a guide to plan for a variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, dairy products and meat and beans. Smart Choices: Menu Planner Sample meal planner for a family of 5 for 1 week <- Prev |  4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 | Next -> Smart Choices: What do you know about bones? Why do we need bones? How can bones be strong enough to carry your weight, yet light enough not to slow you down? Smart Choices: Feeding Young Children Ages 2-5 Help your child learn good eating habits that will last a lifetime. Smart Choices: Fruit - Make That Two a Day Use this activity sheet to help you get two cups of fruit a day. Smart Choices: Get Packing…Tips for a Healthy Lunch Box Use these suggestions to include foods from at least three food groups in your child's lunch. Smart Choices: Finding Your Way to a Healthier You The science-based advice of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans in this booklet highlights how to: (1) make smart choices from every food group, (2) find your balance between food and physical activity and (3) get the most nutrition out of your calories. Smart Choices: Go for a Healthy Pregnancy Pregnancy is a very special event leading to a new life. The care and feeding of your baby begins the moment he or she is conceived. An unborn baby totally depends on you for everything. The best way to care for your developing baby is to care for yourself. Smart Choices: Healthier Eating - Getting Where You Need to Be The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends these food groups within MyPyramid as a good source of important nutrients that help provide the foundation for a healthy diet. Information provided by 3-A-Day and the American Dairy Association. <- Prev |  5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 | Next -> Smart Choices: Bone Up on Dairy to Reduce Risk of Osteoporosis Tips to incorporate dairy foods into your family's diet. Information provided by 3-A-Day and the American Dairy Association. Smart Choices: Ways to Add Nuts to Your Diet Use these suggestions to add nuts to your breakfast, snacks, lunch, dinner and desserts. Smart Choices: Chow Down on a Safe and Delicious Hamburger Whether you eat ground meat in a hamburger or in other dishes such as meat loaf or a casserole, follow the ground beef food safety rules in this fact sheet. Smart Choices Lead You To Healthier Lifestyle We encounter choices that affect our health all day long. Take the steps or the elevator? What to have for lunch? Watch television or go for a walk? LSU AgCenter nutrition educators are empowering people to make smart choices. They’re doing this through a new community nutrition education program aimed at a variety of audiences called Smart Choices. Smart Choices: Low-fat Cooking Tips for Meat Follow these tips for cooking meats. Smart Choices: What counts as an ounce of meat and beans? Examples of 1, 2, 3 and 4 ounces of meat or bean equivalents. Smart Choices: Meat Alternatives Meat alternatives are good sources of protein at reasonable prices. This publication includes information on beans, eggs, nuts, textured vegetable protein and tofu. <- Prev |  6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 | Next -> Smart Choices: Selecting Low-fat Protein Foods Follow these tips for selecting healthy meat and low-fat protein foods. Smart Choices: You Are A Role Model Eat your fruits and vegetables fact sheet. Smart Choices: Serving Size Tasty ways to increase your fruit and vegetable intake. Smart Choices: Fruit and Vegetable Label Make sure it's 100% fruit juice. Check the label! Smart Choices: Cooking Fruits and Vegetables Tips on how to get the most out of your vegetables when cooking. Smart Choices: Feed Your Bones How much calcium do you need? Use these tips to get more calcium in your diet. Smart Choices: Osteoporosis What does osteoporosis look like? <- Prev |  7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 | Next -> Smart Choices: What is a Whole Grain? Check out the many ways you can eat whole grains for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. Smart Choices: Whole Grains What is whole white wheat? How much is an ounce of whole grains? What's the difference betweeen whole grains and enriched grains? Find these answers and more. Smart Choices: My Food Safety Pyramid Food safety tips for fruit, vegetables, dairy, meat, poultry, fish and eggs. Smart Choices: Make Your Lunch Safe Food safety tips for packing a safe lunch. Activity sheet also included. Smart Choices: Keeping Food Safe Safety tips for the microwave, defrosting foods, refrigerator, food for picnics and eating at a restaurant. Smart Choices: Eating on the Go Tips to pack a “sack” breakfast or snack that you can grab and go. Smart Choices: Getting Started with DASH It’s easy to adopt the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Studying Hypertension) eating plan. Here are some ways to get started. <- Prev |  8 - 9 - 10 - 11 | Next -> Smart Choices: Exercise and Healthy Eating Info Card Promotional card Smart Choices: Take Good Care of Your Heart Use these tips to exercise and eat right so your heart keeps beating to the MAX! Smart Choices: Healthier Eating With DASH The Dietary Approaches to Studying Hypertension (DASH) eating plan is based on 2,000 calories a day. Use the DASH Eating Plan for a healthy heart. Smart Choices: Tips on How to Prepare Lower-Salt and Lower-Fat Meals Use these tips to make foods tasty without using extra salt or fat. Smart Choices: Make Smart Choices While Shopping Use these tips to shop for heart-healthy foods. Smart Choices: Reduce Salt and Sodium in Your Diet Use these tips for reducing sodium in your diet. Smart Choices: Healthy Heart The key to keeping a healthy heart is to eat right and exercise. This publication contains tips for doing both, as well as more heart-y hints. <- Prev |  9 - 10 - 11 | Next -> Smart Choices: Nutrition Facts Label Tips on how to use the nutrition facts label to eat a healthy breakfast. Smart Choices: It's Time to Play (Youth Fact Sheet) Play makes your heart happy. Follow these guidelines to get fit. Smart Choices: Eating and Exercising for Good Health (Adult Fact Sheet) Problems working exercise into your day? Follow these tips. Smart Choices: My Pyramid Overview of the new USDA food guide pyramid for Adults. Smart Choices: Climbing Around on MyPyramid Overview of the new USDA food guide pyramid for youth. MyPyramid for Kids Coloring Page Coloring page with new food guide pyramid Smart Choices: Make Smart Choices for Good Health (Youth) information on 8 Steps for Health program, food facts and jump roping for exercising. <- Prev |  10 - 11 | Next -> Smart Choices: A Recipe for Good Health (Adults) Information on 2005 Dietary Guidelines and exercise hints. Smart Choices: My Pyramid 2,000-Calorie Worksheet for Adults Food tips and goals for a 2,000-calorie diet. Smart Choices: MyPyramid - Steps to a Healthier You (Adult) Find your balance between food and physical activity. Know your limits on fats, sugars and salt. Smart Choices: A Close Look at MyPyramid for Kids MyPyramid for Kids reminds you to be physically active every day, or most days, and to make healthy food choices. Use this fact sheet to help you figure out the symbols of the new food guide pyramid. <- Prev |  11