MyPyramid Nutrition
Place Mat
Available for Dietitians, Educators & Individuals

The "MyPyramid Food List" side provides an easy, hands-on method for illustrating food selection within each of the 6 food categories from the MyPyramid food guidance system. With the dry-erase marker provided, you can show a user how to plan healthy meals and snacks by simply circling the color-coded foods to tally choices throughout the day.

During a session, you start by selecting the appropriate calorie level on the Nutrition Place Mat for the user you're working with. Each calorie level features a corresponding number of daily servings from each food group. Show the user how to select a variety of foods and proper portions from each food category for their daily diet. The user can tally foods eaten throughout the day on the color-coded MyPyramid Logo on the right side of the mat. Then discuss how to compare what the user eats each day to their plan, and how this information can guide them in making more appropriate meal and snack choices as they continue working with their own plan.

MyPyramid Nutrition Place Mat follows Dietary Guidelines for Americans as issued by the USDA.

The colorful Plate side of the MyPyramid Nutrition Place Mat is used to teach patients of all ages food group recognition and portion control. It's a handy, eye-catching tool for teaching new MyPyramid nutrition concepts, the "Plate Method" of meal planning, weight loss/maintenance, portion control, and the American Cancer Society's "5 a Day" nutrition principles for increasing servings of fruits and vegetables in the diet.

To sum up… The MyPyramid Nutrition Place Mat Works!

• It’s easy to use – the large 11” by 17” size can accommodate all vital information on one page
  
• It’s durable – heavily laminated to last
  
• It’s reusable – wipes clean easily so it’s ready for the next use
  
• It’s visible – making it a constant reminder to stay on the plan
  

MyPyramid Nutrition Place Mat Education Kit
FGP-Ed Kit - Includes:

1. Write-On/Wipe-Off Nutrition Place Mat A great tool for teaching patients how to apply a nutritional plan in their meal-by-meal or daily diet. This laminated 11"x17" mat is not only durable and reusable, it features eye-catching color-coded foods lists that help patients remember what you're teaching them.
   
2. Dry Erase Marker For use on the Nutrition Place Mat to check off portions for each meal or snack each day.
   
3. Instruction Guide For correct use of the Nutrition Place Mat.
   
4. 1 Set Each of Copy-ready Handouts of the Nutrition Information Guide, Daily Meal Plan Guide and Meal Planning Practice Work Sheets
   

Laminated MyPyramid Nutrition Place Mats - FGP-singles
Also available separately (without materials or marker) for use by users during classroom or individual instruction.