Healthy Eating Challenge! April - Weight Management

There are many steps you can take to manage your weight.  The key to lasting weight loss is to make changes you can live with for a lifetime.  This healthy eating challenge should only take 10 minutes to complete and will give you some new ideas on how to meet your healthy eating goals. 

It doesn’t matter how many questions you get right, just answer all of them and complete the brief post-survey at the end to be entered into our monthly prize drawing.  You can enter once every month in April, May and June. In May, the healthy eating challenge will focus on Meal Planning and in June, Fruits and Vegetables.

Daily Caloric Recommendations
Calories needed daily for energy varies from person to person.  Calorie needs are affected by age, gender, current weight, height, physical activity as well as varying physical and genetic factors.  To estimate how many calories you need to maintain, gain or lose weight, go to www.mypyramid.gov.  Under the "Subjects" header, click on 'My Pyramid Plan' and enter your age, gender, weight, height and level of physical activity.

Daily Caloric Recommendations*
from www.mypyramid.gov

* Calorie levels are based on the Estimated Energy Requirements (EER) and activity levels from the Institute of Medicine Dietary Reference Intake Macronutrients Report, 2002.

Sedentary- less than 30 minutes a day of moderate physical activity in addition to daily activities. 
Moderately Active- at least 30 minutes up to 60 minutes a day of moderate physical activity in addition to daily activities.