Healthy Eating Plans
Nutrition programs can teach participants how to create and follow healthy eating plans by sharing information and resources that address the unique dietary needs of older adults.
DASH – Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension
- 28 Days Toward a Healthy Heart— NHLBI overview on creating a healthy routine
- A Week with the DASH Eating Plan— Collection of DASH menus from NHLBI
- DASH Diet Toolkit— From NHLBI
- DASH Eating Plan— Recipes and more from NHLBI
- Getting Started on DASH— NHLBI assessment and next steps
- How to Reduce Sodium Intake— CDC tips on reducing sodium intake
- Making the Move to DASH— NHLBI tips to switching to a DASH meal plan
- Overview of DASH— Benefits and weekly challenges from GWaar and University of
Wisconsin-Stout - Tips to Keep on Track— NHLBI tips for maintain a DASH meal plan
- Tips to Lowering Calories on DASH— Simple substitutions from NHLBI
- Tips to Reduce Salt and Sodium— Guide from NHLBI
- Why the DASH Eating Plan Works— Daily nutrient levels and the science behind the DASH diet from NHLBI
Diabetes
- Added Sugar BINGO— Game cards from GWaar
- Being Active with Diabetes— Placemat from the National Extension Dining with Diabetes Working Group
- Easy Meals for Diabetes— Ideas from GWaar and University of Wisconsin-Stout
- Eating Healthier with Diabetes— Placemat from the National Extension Dining with Diabetes Working Group
- Preventing and Managing Diabetes— Chronic health management programming from Michigan State University Extension
- Setting Plans into Motion— American Diabetes Association information on living with Type 2 diabetes
Gluten-Sensitivity
- Considerations for Going Gluten-Free— Michigan State University Extension's article on understanding the impact on health
- Labeling of Food as Gluten-Free— FDA regulations for food labeling
Arthritis
- Nutrition and Arthritis— GWaar monthly dietary tracking
- Nutrition and Arthritis Bingo— Game cards from GWaar
Reducing Salt
- Be Salt Smart— Information on sodium in the diet from MyPlate
- Effects of Excess Sodium— American Heart Association infographic
- Get the Scoop on Sodium and Salt— Benefits of eating less sodium from the American Heart Association
- Hold the Salt— American Heart Association infographic
- How Much Sodium Should I Eat?— Information from the American Heart Association
- Less Sodium in Foods— American Heart Association infographic on how Americans want less sodium
- Nutrient Dense, Low Sodium BINGO— BINGO cards from GWaar
- Salty Myths Busted— American Heart Association fact sheet about sodium
- Sea Salt vs. Table Salt— American Heart Association information on the difference
- Sodium Intake and Health— CDC information on sodium
- Sodium Can be Sneaky— American Heart Association infographic
- Sodium in Your Diet— FDA information on the nutrition facts label and more
- Sodium on the Nutrition Facts Label— FDA information about sodium on the nutrition facts label
- Sodium, Potassium and Health— CDC information on the effects of these electrolytes
- Sodium Tracker— Tips on tracking your sodium from the American Heart Association
- Spice Up Your Diet— How to use herbs and spices instead of salt for flavor from the National Kidney Foundation
- Tips for reducing sodium intake
- 10 Tips for Reducing Salt— National Kidney Foundation tips
- Be Smart With Salt— Quick guide from the Ohio Department of Aging
- Change Your Salty Ways in 21 Days!— American Heart Association infographic
- Choose Foods Low in Sodium— Foods to choose and avoid from NHLBI and the Community Health Worker Health Disparities Initiative
- Cut Back on Salt Without the Cravings— Guidance from the American Heart Association
- Cut Down on Sodium— Health.gov guide
- Eating Too Much Salt? Ways to Cut Back...Gradually— Video and information from the FDA
- How to Reduce Sodium— CDC tips for reducing sodium
- Reducing Sodium in the Diet— Tips from the American Heart Association
- Salt Reduction— Key facts about sodium from WHO
- Tips to Eat Less Salt and Sodium— Tip sheet from NHLBI
- Where Does All That Sodium Come From?— American Heart Association information on sodium sources
Other Diets
- Anti-Inflammatory Foods— Challenges, a recipe, and more from GWaar and the University of Wisconsin-Stout
- Anti-Inflammatory Diet— Diet review from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Clean Eating— Choosing nutritious food options infographic from American Heart Association
- Flexitarian Diet— Description of flexitarian eating pattern from GWaar and the University of Wisconsin-Stout
- Mediterranean Diet— Description of Mediterranean eating plan from GWaar and the University of Wisconsin-Stout
- MIND Diet— Information from GWaar and the University of Wisconsin-Stout on the Mediterranean-DASH Invention for Neurodegenerative Delay
- Straight Talk About Soy— Brief from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Vegetarian, Vegan and Meals Without Meat— American Heart Association information on eating plant-based meals
- What is a Healthy Diet?— American Heart Association infographic on serving sizes
Food and Mood
- The Science of Cravings— Understanding urges to eat from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Emotional Overeating Awareness— Brief from GWaar and the University of Wisconsin-Stout
Menu Plans
- 1,200 and 1,600 calorie diets from NHLBI