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CASE ANALYSIS 2

What suggestions or alternatives can you give Karen to overcome any problems using any of the public
health initiatives described above? How could she use the ChooseMyPlate program in her family unit?

International Health Guidelines

Table 1-1 provides selected examples of international health guidelines that are applicable to country-specific
or general world populations including the United States. The World Health Organization (WHO)
maintains a global focus as well as an individualized focus by countries and regional areas of health and
nutrition interest. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations also monitors food-
focused guidelines. The majority of health guidelines are updated regularly and are individualized to their
intended audiences.13-15

Country Health Guideline Organization
Australia Australia Guide to Health Eating Australian Government, National
www.eatforhealth.gov.au Health and Medical Research
Council, Department of Health and
Canada Canada’s Food Guide Ageing
International www.hc-sc-gc.ca Health Canada, Office of Nutrition
Global Targets/Country-specific Policy and Promotion
Philippines guidelines
United States who.int/nutrition/en World Health Organization, Food
fao.org/nutrition and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations
Philippines Dietary Reference
Intake (PDRI) 2015 Food and Nutrition Research
fnri.dost.gov.ph Institute, Department of Science
ChooseMyPlate and Technology
ChooseMyPlate.gov
United States Department of
United States 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines Agriculture, Food and Nutrition
health.gov/dietaryguidelines Services
United States Department of
Health and Human Services, United
States Department of Agriculture

Table 1-1 ■ List of Selected Government Population-Focused Health Guidelines

Food and Health Survey Results

How much do people already know about nutrition and health and how are food choices affected? In 2015,

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