The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the CDC and the American Heart Association all call for most people to cut their sodium intake by at least half to 1500 mg. This presentation helps people realize the importance of this recommendation. It will let them know where the sodium in their foods is hiding and how to eat less sodium and meet the Dietary Guidelines recommendations. All adults over the age of 51, persons who have hypertension, persons with prehypertension or those at risk of getting it are encouraged to reduce sodium to 1500 mg per day. All others have to get it to 2300 but they would also benefit from 1500 mg.
Description
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Learning objectives & benefits:
Motivate your audience to lower their sodium intake.
If you educate them about the serious health risks of a high sodium diet they will want to lower their sodium intake.
Most probably will say, "But I never use the salt shaker."
They will discover where sodium is hidden in all of the packaged foods and restaurant meals that they eat on a regular basis.
Best of all they will see how easy it is to make better choices to lower sodium.
You get 2 shows!!
1) Sodium Long - This is a very comprehensive show that compiles all research and recommendations and has modern food comparisons and suggestions. Most people eat 2 to 3 times the upper intake for sodium on a daily basis. They might not be getting that from a salt shaker - but it is likely they could fill a salt shaker at the end of the day.
2) 1500 mg - Sodium Express - this is a very modern show that is easy to follow for most audiences with modern graphics, little words and great messages. It is comprehensive and to the point.
PowerPoint shows - choose a long show or a short show
They will learn the risks of a high sodium diet and understand the numbers from the Dietary Guidelines recommendations.
A chart shows them where the sodium is coming from.
Attendees see it is easy to read labels to lower their sodium intake.
They learn the sodium content of popular processed foods from fast food places, the freezer and bottles and boxes - by pictures.
A sodium-free day in pictures will help them realize what they should be eating and it will make healthy food look great!
Motivate your audience to lower their sodium intake.
Handouts -
Participants will receive useful handouts to reinforce your important message of eating a low-sodium diet.
Tips are given to help them get to various sodium levels. And delicious recipes and substitution charts make it easy.
20 pages of handouts, with quizzes, recipes and a leader activity guide.
BONUS: fun sodium game sheet that is like the Price is Right game - in Word file that is included in your CD or download
BONUS: Sodium reference paper used in our CPE course "Salt Toxicity" with over 200 references
Specs for long show:
Number of slides with speaker's notes: 50
Target audience: Ages 15 - 100; persons with pre-hypertension or hypertension, person's with diabetes, persons with coronary heart failure, kidney patients and everyone else who wants to really avoid sodium in their diet and follow the new guidelines from the CDC, the American Heart Association and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (to be finalized at the end of 2010).
Approximate length of show: 45-50 minutes
Specs for short show:
Number of slides with speaker's notes: 39
Target audience: Ages 15 - 100; persons with pre-hypertension or hypertension, person's with diabetes, persons with coronary heart failure, kidney patients and everyone else who wants to really avoid sodium in their diet and follow the new guidelines from the CDC, the American Heart Association and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (to be finalized at the end of 2010).
Approximate length of show: 30 minutes
PLUS bonus items:
Number of handout pages with leader guide: 20
Bonus game in Word file
Bonus reference paper in Word file
2 bonus excel files for the high sodium and low sodium days shown in the slides
All FHC nutrition education products meet the Dietary Guidelines and MyPlate goals.
Food and Health Communications complies with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information.
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