MyPlate-Northeast: A Tool for Promoting Sustainable Diets? It Takes - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

MyPlate-Northeast: A Tool for Promoting “Sustainable Diets”? It Takes a Region Conference NESAWG November 12-14, 2015 Saratoga Springs, NY Jennifer Wilkins Daina E. Falk Professor of Practice Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition Syracuse University

What is a Food Guide? “A food guide translates recommendations on nutrient intake into recommendations for food intake. It provides a conceptual framework for selecting the kinds and amounts of food of various types which together provide a nutritionally satisfying diet.” (Welsh, Davis & Shaw.1992. “Development of the Food Guide Pyramid. Nutrition Today 27(6):12-23.)

Primary Outcome Health Nutrients Foods Diets

New Framework for Dietary Guidance Regional Food Food System Sustainability Systems Economic Vitality, Natural Resources, Community Development Diet and Health Relationship Food Guides Food Food & Choices Justice Dietary Guidelines Communication & Education Theory Internal and Optimal Health Environmental Disease Factors Prevention

1992 Food Guide Pyramid USDA/DHHS Food Guide Pyramid, 1992

Northeast Regional Food Guide

http://www.agriculture.ny.gov/AP/agservices/myplate_ne.pdf

Issues and Questions — What is the capacity of the Northeast region to meet food needs of the population? — Is the diversity of agricultural production adequate to supply human nutrient needs? — To what extent can goals (beyond nutritional well- being) be accomplished through dietary guidance? — How are food choices and food supply related? — How can an understanding of regional food systems shape coordination, trade and cooperation among others regions?

USDA Climate Change Hubs

5 Dimensions of Food Access — Availability — Accessibility — Affordability — Accommodation — Acceptability Caspi et al. Health and Place 2012

Availability

Accessibility

Affordability

Acceptability

Accommodation