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What’s your eating style?
Your eating style can be as individual as you. Choose
MyPlate advocates that there is more than one way to eat
healthfully and everyone has their own eating style. A few
factors that influence someone’s eating style might include
culture, traditions, personal preferences and budget. What
are your favorite healthy foods? How often do you enjoy
those healthy foods? Make the majority of your choices from
fruits, vegetables, whole grains, dairy and lean protein to
develop your healthy eating style.
How do you cook at home?
“Put Your Best Fork Forward” is advice for making selections
when eating out and for making meals at home. Not only do
you want to “Put Your Best Fork Forward” at home, you also
want to keep the message in mind when making choices at the
grocery store. Buy healthy, tasty food and practice cooking
more at home. Use this month as a time to try new recipes
and experiment with healthier ingredients.
What is the right amount to eat and drink?
How much we eat is as important as what we eat. Choose
MyPlate recommends that we focus on variety, amount and
nutrition. As we choose to fill our plates with more of the
healthier foods listed above, we can also decrease the
amount of bites we take of the less healthy options. Choose
foods – and beverages – with less saturated fat, sodium and
added sugars. Increase serving sizes of vegetables, whole
grains, fruits and water.
What are your favorite physical activities?
The American Heart Association has an article titled, “5
Steps to Loving Exercise … Or At Least Not Hating It”. Do
you have a love/hate relationship with exercise? One goal is
to find the physical activity that you love. As a complement
to “Put Your Best Fork Forward” don’t forget to also put
your best foot forward. When can you best fit in physical
activity during your day? The recommendation for adults, for
the week is to log at least 150 minutes of moderate
intensity activity. Not only should that be spread out
across the week, it’s also OK to do 10 – 15 minute sessions
of physical activity at a time. It all adds up! Once you’re
putting your best foot forward on a regular basis, keep
doing it. If you slack off a day or so, pick back up where
you ended.
How do you utilize professionals?
Not only is it valuable to schedule preventative health
appointments with a primary care physicians, but National
Nutrition Month® is also an important time to highlight the
professional work of registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs).
RDNs work with people of all ages for health and wellness.
One of many things they can help with is weight management
and other ways to lower personal health risks. An RDN works
with individuals to provide personalized and easy-to-follow
nutrition advice to meet health needs.
Looking for a fun community event?
Although this community art event is not specific to
National Nutrition Month, Ohio State University Extension
will be one of the community partners in attendance. You are
invited to attend the
Scott High School art and music celebration to recognize
students in the area for their creative work. The event will
be on Wednesday, March 8th from 5:00pm until 7:00pm. If you
attend, please stop by the OSU Extension table to celebrate
National Nutrition Month.
It’s March,
National Nutrition Month®!
What’s on your fork? More
information can be found at the Academy of Nutrition and
Dietetics at
www.eatright.org and Choose MyPlate at
https://www.choosemyplate.gov/healthy-eating-style
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