Comparing National Dietary Guidelines

Comparing National Dietary Guidelines

1. In addition to ChooseMyPlate, clearly identify two other countries that have established a national equivalent for dietary and nutritional guidelines. You are encouraged, but not required, to consider your country, or countries, of ethnic origin. The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations offers a useful link for searching food guidelines of other countries. (15 pts)

2. Considering what you have learned so far in this course, analyze and assess the food guidelines for the United States and the two other countries you select. Discuss the pros and cons of each one, considering any conflict/agreement with ideas and principles developed in this course. (30 pts)

3. For each country, discuss any correlations between dietary recommendations and the prevalence of health-related diseases presented in this course. (30 pts)

4. Based on your analysis, conclude with an argument in favor of the food guidelines for one of the three countries. In addition to the course textbook, you are required to cite and reference at least two additional sources (research articles, authoritative texts or publications, diagrams, figures, etc) to support your argument. (25 pts)