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    Snacking Habits for Healthy Living
    Snacking Habits for Healthy Living
    Snacking Habits for Healthy Living
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    Snacking Habits for Healthy Living

    By The American Dietetic Association

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    Make snacking a part of a balanced diet with advice from America's nutrition experts

    Snacking can be a habit that nourishes and sustains you or a source of excess calories and fat. Snacking Habits for Healthy Living shows you how to select a variety of snack foods and make them part of a healthy diet. This helpful guide provides advice for everyone, with specific information on the snacking needs of children, teenagers, athletes, weight-conscious adults, and those with special nutrition needs. It offers practical guidelines and strategies for different snacking situations and settings: at work, at home, and on the go. It also includes nutrition information for a variety of snack foods, all to help you select snacks, develop shopping lists, and create healthy snack food stashes at home, work, or anywhere.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTurner Publishing Company
    Release dateSep 1, 1997
    ISBN9781620459317
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      Snacking Habits for Healthy Living - The American Dietetic Association

      Chapter One

      Building Blocks of Healthy Snacking

      Once considered extra treats, eaten above and beyond three square meals, snacking has taken on a new meaning. Snacking today comprises a significant portion of the total calories consumed by many people and touches many aspects of our lives. Whether this translates to a healthy eating style depends on your attitudes toward snacking, your snack food choices, and how snacking fits into your overall diet. This chapter lays the foundation for healthy snacking, starting with a self-assessment of your snacking habits. Helpful tools for building a healthy diet, such as the Food Guide Pyramid and the Nutrition Facts label, are presented to help you construct a healthy approach to snacking. And to keep you on track with the facts, common myths about snacking are dispelled.

      Why Do You Snack?

      People snack for many reasons. For some, snacking is the most convenient way to eat—hectic schedules don’t accommodate sit-down meals. For others, snacking stems from habits and routines developed over the years, like munching in front of the TV set or nibbling while cooking. Still others snack in response to emotions. Sadness, boredom, anxiety, and loneliness are common triggers for snacking, but joyful and happy feelings also can signal an opportunity to indulge. Understanding why you snack is an important first step in making your snacking habits part of healthy living. Complete the following snacking habits profile to identify the reasons why you snack.

      Your Snacking Habits

      Check off (✓) all the reasons why you snack. Then add up the number of responses in each section.

      Which section had the largest number of check marks?

      Section 1: You snack because of a physical need for food. If you snack because you’re hungry or too busy to stop for a meal, then snacks play an important role in meeting your need for food—they should be part of your daily meal plan. Plan ahead for snacks rather than grabbing food impulsively. Think of snacks as mini-meals and coordinate them into your overall diet.

      Section 2: Emotional triggers may be influencing your snacking habits; these triggers often lead to overeating. If you snack to relieve stress or boredom, then snacking can become a problem. These snacking routines often lead to overeating and can be difficult to break. Seek other emotional outlets, such as talking to a friend or going for a walk. If you munch to satisfy your need to crunch and chew, grab foods like carrots, celery, and pretzels which offer a lot of crunch but few

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