Nutrition 2

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Physical Activity

Regular exercise, included as part of the new food pyramid, is an important part in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Exercise (physical activity) involves any form of movement such as walking, jogging, climbing stairs, or playing basketball.

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Exercise hints:

Include activities you enjoy doing

Work your way up to at least 30 min. of physical activity per day

Incorporate exercise into your social life by including your friends in the activity

Listen to music or watch TV while you exercise

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Physical Activity

Benefits of Regular Exercise

Helps relieve stress and depression

Adds years to your life by lowering your risk of heart disease, colon cancer, diabetes, and high blood pressure

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Helps you maintain a normal weight by burning calories which results in a loss of body fat

Tones and develops the muscles in your body

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PORTION SIZES

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Fresh Fruit Or Vegetables

Dairy produces

=

1 Cup

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Canned Fruit or Cooked Vegetables, Rice, pasta, cooked cereal = ½ Cup

Half a Baseball

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Raisins = ¼ cup

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Bread = 1 slice

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2 Cheese slices = 1 ½ ounces

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Dry Cereal = ¾ Cup

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Lean meat, chicken, fish = 3 ounces

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Grilled baked fish = 3 ounces

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Oil, butter, margarine = 1 teaspoon

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Peanut butter = 2 tablespoons

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Muffin or dinner roll = Plum