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Dining Smart food choices and guidelines are available at all UPMC sites, and we?re expanding our program to support healthy eating throughout the region. One example is a dinner this weekend in honor of the One Young World event in Pittsburgh. The dinner celebrates healthy eating. Spearheaded by Chef Jamie Oliver, this event is intended to raise awareness about childhood obesity and to support healthy eating for all.
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Try ?Dining Smart? for Everyday Healthy Eating
By Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom
If healthy eating is a daily challenge, this post is definitely for you! You know by now that I?m a huge champion of eating in moderation, and my motto is ?no bad foods, just bad portions.?
When it comes to healthy eating, the biggest challenge we all face is not what to do, but how to do it. That?s where UPMC Health Plan?s Dining Smart program comes in.
Our team took several years to develop the Dining Smart program to come up with some real world ? not perfect world ? guidelines that support healthier eating. Small daily improvement in food choice is the best way to sustain long-term change.
Dining Smart food choices and guidelines are available at all UPMC sites, and we?re expanding our program to support healthy eating throughout the region. One example is a dinner this weekend in honor of the One Young World event in Pittsburgh. The dinner celebrates healthy eating. Spearheaded by Chef Jamie Oliver, this event is intended to raise awareness about childhood obesity and to support healthy eating for all. Here are some highlights of the Dining Smart program:
- Main dish items have 400 or fewer calories
- Soups, side dishes, snacks and desserts have 220 or fewer calories
- Fat is limited to one-third of total calories in a dish, or less
- Cholesterol is limited to 100 mg or less per item
For more about One Young World, click here.
- Smart Snacking: Part 2
By Dr. Madelyn FernstromEarlier this week, I checked out the snacks at the mall and at the movies. Today I?ll take a look at what to eat at the airport and at sporting events. Remember that snacking is not a requirement for healthy eating. If you choose...
- Smart Snacking: Part One
By Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom It?s hard to make healthy foods choices when you?re running around, and don?t have time to preplan. In the perfect world, you?d be carrying a fruit, or small protein bar, or a small bag of nuts when you need a snack. In...
- Five Ways To Fight Childhood Obesity
By Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom Last week?s Weight of the Nation meeting in Washington, DC, put a lot of emphasis on fighting childhood obesity ? what I like to call ?family obesity.? You may not know that UPMC program, the Pittsburgh Healthy Kids Project,...
- Hello Dinner Plate, Goodbye Food Pyramid
by Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom If you?ve found earlier versions of the food pyramid confusing, you?re not alone. The federal government has spent about 3 years, and nearly $3 million dollars to develop a ?snapshot? for daily nutrition advice on healthy eating....
- The Skinny On Candy
by Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom ?No bad foods, just bad portions? is my mantra ? and one that I share with the community to help get away from the good food/bad food mindset. Now a new study provides additional support for this concept. And these results might...