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Strand 2

Understand how to use various dietary tools to plan, manage, and evaluate diets for nutritional adequacy. Communicate the evolution from the Paleolithic diets to today's diet in the content of dietary recommendations for Americans. Utilize tools to determine nutrient values of foods consumed by diverse populations. Plan, evaluate, and manage diets to improve and support life-long health. Integrate the scientific knowledge of nutrition, genetics, chemistry, metabolism, exercise and lifestyle while utilizing several standards/guidelines/guidance systems to plan, evaluate, and manage diets to support life-long health. (STEM) *Biology/Chemistry/Social Science/Technology

Standard 3

Demonstrate knowledge of the MyPlate Food Guidance System including food groups, food patterning, and recommended physical activity. Apply dietary patterning techniques to determine the nutritional adequacy of diets and make recommendations for improving dietary intake based on diet analysis results. (STEM) *Science/Biology/Chemistry/Technology

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