Reading nutrition labels

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Nutrition Facts Labels explained. Learn how to read food labels. #healthyhappysmart

Glancing over a nutrition label can be intimidating. Learning to read it can be even more stressful. With so many numbers, lines, and words that are hard to pronounce, where does one even begin?

A nutrition label can be a useful tool to evaluate how healthy (or not) a food can be, but it also can be tricky to truly decode all of the language and

To use the nutrition facts label to your advantage, you need to understand what’s on there and why.

Reading food labels are important if you want to be assured of getting healthy foods into your body. Most people know about the calorie count when reading food labels, but there is a lot more information for you on these labels if you are able to understand what they mean. All food labels are based on a 2,000 to 2500 calories a day diet. This is an assumption that the average daily diet is 2,000 to 2500 calories a day. Knowing that our population is 66% overweight, and 33% of those are…

Links to high resolution images of the Nutrition Facts panel of the food label for use in printed media.

Nutrition Label Worksheet from blank nutrition label worksheet , image source: homeschooldressage.com

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What's in the Nutrition Label? #food #health