Maintaining good health and modeling healthy behavior is an important part of planning and growing a family.
Dietary guidelines are an important part of the big 'good health' picture.
The objective of Dietary Guidelines is to help people maintain health through wise, safe food selections, good weight management practices and a physically active lifestyle. Recommendations are developed and updated by national governments, including the United States and Canada, based on current knowledge of chronic diseases associated with excesses, deficiencies, and imbalances. In the U.S., revised Dietary Guidelines for Americans were released by the U.S. Dairy Association and Department of Health and Human Services in May, 2000. These are a combination of US and Canadian guidelines. Following them to the greatest extent possible can protect you from many diseases and support optimal well-being.