PowerPoint Presentation on Dietary Guidelines

1. DIETARY
GUIDELINES
AND FOOD
LABELS
CRISANTA B. GARBOSA

2. DIETARY GUIDELINES
The Philippines uses the daily nutritional
guide pyramid and has developed pyramids for
different population groups. The pyramid is
divided into four levels of recommended
consumption. Messages about exercises and
personal and environmental hygiene serve as
support messages for the pyramid.

3. The Healthy Food Pyramid

4. Dietary Guidelines
Dietary guidelines are intended to establish a
basis for public food and nutrition, health and
agricultural policies and nutrition education
programmers to foster healthy eating habits and
lifestyles. They provide advice on foods, food groups
and dietary patterns to provide the required
nutrients to the general public to promote and
prevent chronic diseases.

5. The Healthy Food
Plate (Pinggang Pinoy)
Pinggang Pinoy is a visual tool
developed by the Food and
Nutrition Research Institute of
the Department of Science
and Technology to help
Filipinos to acquire healthy
eating habits.

6. DIETARY GUIDELINES
Here are some dietary guidelines to make a healthy
living:
• Eat variety of foods every day to get the nutrients
needed by the body.
• Breastfeed infants exclusively from birth up to 6
months, then give appropriate complementary foods
while continuing breastfeeding for two years and
beyond for optimum growth and development.

7. DIETARY GUIDELINES
• Eat more vegetables and fruits every day to get the
essential vitamins, minerals and fibre for regulation
of body processes.
• Consume fish, lean meat, poultry, eggs, dried beans
or nuts daily for growth and repair of body tissues.
• Consume milk, milk products and other calcium-rich,
such as small fish and shellfish, every day for
healthy bones and teeth.

8. DIETARY GUIDELINES
• Attain normal body weight through proper diet
and moderate physical activity to maintain good
health and prevent obesity.
• Be physically active, make healthy food choices,
manage stress, avoid alcoholic beverages and do
not smoke to prevent lifestyle-related and non-
communicable diseases.

9. FOOD LABELS
When you
choose a
product to buy,
what usually the
first thing that
you check?

10. What do Food Labels mean?
• Food labels carry useful information to
help you make you informed choices
about what you and your family eat
and drink.
• Food labels are included on all food
products except on fresh foods like
fruit, vegetables and local bakery or
organic products.

11. Why do we need to read Food
Labels?
• Reading food labels can provide you
with information on healthier food
products as well as help you decipher
the nutrients claim that may be
present on food packaging.
• Food Labels are useful in helping you
make informed, healthy choices when
buying food products.

12. What’s on a Food Label?
There are seven components on a food label.

13. Food Labels and Nutritional
Information: What and where they are
• Nutritional Information Panels (NIP’s) are a
part of a food label. These tell you what
nutrients the food contains and how much of
each nutrient there is.
• When you buy a packaged food product, have
a look at the back of the packet. You should
able to see a box with a heading like
“Nutritional Facts”.

14. Nutritional Informational Panels
• All foods have to list seven food
components on their nutritional
information panels ___ energy (kilojoules),
protein, total fat, saturated fat, total
carbohydrates, sugars and sodium.
Manufacturers might decide to include
other nutrients too, including fibre and
calcium.

15. Nutritional Informational Panels
• Comparing the
nutritional information
on different food
products helps you
work out the healthiest
choice. The healthiest
choices have lower
saturated fat, lower
sodium, lower sugar
and higher fibre.

16. Ingredients on Food Label
• A food label can include only the ingredients that
are in the food product.
• All ingredients must be listed in descending order
by weight, including added water. The ingredient
listed first is the one that was present in the
largest amount when the product was
manufactured. So if the sugar is the first
ingredient, it means that sugar is the main
ingredient and the product is high in sugar. The
ingredient listed last was present in the smallest
amount.

17. Food Additives
• Many foods contain food additives.
There are strict guidelines about the
way food additives are used in foods
and labelled on food products. All food
additives must be shown on the
ingredient list.

18. Food Allergy Information
• Nine foods cause 90% of all food allergic
reactions ___ peanuts, shellfish, eggs,
soybeans, sesame and wheat. If these
ingredients are in a food product,
manufacturers must say so, no matter how
small the amount.

19. Ingredients, Food Additives & Food Allergy

20. Key Points on Food Labels
• Nutritional information panels on food
labels list energy, protein, fat,
carbohydrates and sodium.
• Nutritional information panels are
better guide to nutritional value than
advertising or packaging.

21. Key Points on Food Labels
• If a product contains ingredients that
commonly caused food allergic
reactions, the food label must say so.
• Some of the healthiest food don’t have
food labels. This includes fresh fruits
and vegetables, nuts and fish.

22. Thank you for
listening 

23. Resources
https://www.healthtub.sg/live-healthy/913/reading-food-labels
https://raisingchildren.net.au/teens/healthy-lifestyle/nutrients/food-labels
https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedia-almanac-
transcripts-and-maps/food-labelling