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Nutrition Place Mat for Weight Management Education Kit
for People Seeking to
Manage Their Weight
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Here's an effective, easy-to-use method for staying on your prescribed meal plan. The Nutrition Place Mat for Weight Management is a sturdy, heavily laminated, 11" by 17" place mat that can be used over and over to apply your plan on a daily basis.

Here's how it works:
One side of the Nutrition Place Mat for Weight Management lists food choices and individual portion sizes for each food category on your meal plan. This list replaces easily misplaced or damaged paper lists, which are often given out to patients by doctors and dietitians.

When planning your meal, use the wipe-off marker to write down the number of servings for each food category, as indicated on your plan. Then tally your food choices in each category to track your progress toward your plan's targets. Carbohydrate/energy-food categories - starch and bread, fruit, milk and other carbohydrates - which can be exchanged for each other, are color coded in yellow for easy identification and proper selection. Other food categories - vegetables, meat, fat and free foods - are individually color-coded.

Use the included "Weight Management Tally Sheets" to record your daily totals for each food category before using a dry cloth or tissue to erase that information from your Place Mat. This will show your daily progress, helping motivate you to stay on your meal plan.

Once erased, the Weight Management Place Mat is ready for use the next day.

The other side of the Nutrition Place Mat for Weight Management illustrates the "Plate Method" of managing a diet for proper nutrition and weight control. It shows the proportions of each food category that are appropriate for a healthy, balanced diet.

The food groups shown in yellow on the top half of the Plate Method are carbohydrates/energy foods - fruit, milk, starch and bread. Other food groups (meat, vegetables, fat and free foods) are distinguished with their own colored backgrounds. These food categories are shown in proportion to how much of each could be eaten in a healthy, balanced diet.

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Keep the Weight Management Place Mat on your tabletop or refrigerator. Then it's always in plain sight, ready to guide you through food choices for each meal or snack - keeping you on your meal plan!

To sum up… The Nutriiton Place Mat for Weight Management 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

The Weight Management Place Mat Kit
WM-Ed Kit - Includes:

Write-On/Wipe-Off Nutrition Place Mat for Weight Management Here's a terrific, easy-to-use tool for helping you keep to your meal plan! Why? Because the Nutrition Place Mat for Weight Management is far more durable and easier to keep handy than the pieces of paper commonly handed out. This laminated 11" by 17" mat can stay right in sight on your dinner table or refrigerator, and it features a color-coded foods list where you check off food servings for each meal.

Dry Erase Marker For use on the Weight Managment Place Mat to check off portions for each meal or snack.

2 Weight Management Tally Sheets To show each day's progress, providing motivation for patients to stay on their plan.

Sample Meal Plans Commonly prescribed daily diets (1250, 1500, 1800, and 2250 calories) to review with your health care professional.

Instruction Guide For correct use of the Weight Management Place Mat.

Nutrition Information Guide Explains the food groups and has food lists for each.