This document discusses healthy eating and behavior change. It addresses what constitutes a healthy diet according to several health organizations, the benefits of a healthy diet such as delaying and preventing diabetes and related complications. It also discusses "fad" diets and strategies for changing behavior including identifying one's stage of change and using record keeping.

1. REAL EATING SOLUTIONS
Michele Lucas, RD, CDE

2. Topics to Discuss
 What is a healthy diet
 Why eat a healthy diet
 What about ‘fad’ diets
 Changing behavior to lose
weight and maintain loss

3. What is a Healthy Diet
 AHA
 ADA
 ADA
 USDA
 ACS
 MVL

4. Healthy Eating for All
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5. Food Guide Pyramid
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6. Why Eat a Healthy Diet?
 Delays diabetes
 Prevents diabetes
 Delays and prevents complications of
diabetes
 Heart disease
 Kidney disease
 Retinopathy

7. Why??
 Can help you lose weight
 Portion control
 Calorie control
 Fat control

8. Fad Diets
 Adkins Diet
 South Beach Diet
 The Zone Diet
 Eat 4 Your Blood Type
 Raw Food Diet
 How to identify a fad diet

9. Strategies for Behavior
Change
 What helps you change behavior?
 Stages of change
 Record keeping