“Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day” 2013 National Nutrition Month (March)

March is the 40th anniversary of National Nutrition Month, which has existed since 1980 (and since 1973 as “National Nutrition Week”). The purpose of the month is to emphasize the “importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits.” (Source)

This year’s theme (“Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day”) “encourages personalized healthy eating styles and recognizes that food preferences, lifestyle, cultural and ethnic traditions and health concerns all impact individual food choices” (Source). Within the MyPlate recommendations, there is plenty of room to create meals you enjoy. For ideas of how to meet guidelines in ways that work for you, click to read the 10 tips nutrition education series from MyPlate.gov.

Here’s a few ideas for making March a little more healthy:

Try one new fruit or vegetable each week
Test one new recipe this month
Read an article about a nutrition topic that interests you
Check out the National Nutrition Month games for interactive learning
Explore the MyPlate site for customized nutrition recommendations, free online food and physical activity trackers, and healthy living tips

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Author: Shelly Najjar

MPH in Public Health Nutrition, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist // Freelance Writer, Community Builder // I have a very long Goal List (Bucket List) and I enjoy doing nail art. View all posts by Shelly Najjar

8 thoughts on ““Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day” 2013 National Nutrition Month (March)”

I enjoy reading your blog so I nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blog Award. 🙂 http://castlesineurope.wordpress.com/about-me/very-inspiring-blog-award/

Shelly Najjar says:

April 24, 2013 at 7:52 PM

Thanks for this award! I’m behind on blogging so I’ll be sure to catch up this weekend!

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Excellent tips — thanks for sharing them. I am loving whole food recipes these days.

Shelly Najjar says:

March 18, 2013 at 10:25 PM

Thanks for reading. I’m glad you like whole foods. It’s good to know what’s in your recipes. Processing can be good in some cases (frozen vegetables are very similar to fresh nutritionally) but not as good in others (tons of sodium in many canned foods, for example). If you ever want me to send you some links for recipes featuring whole foods, let me know!

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1. 1digitalfingerprint says:
  
  March 19, 2013 at 8:02 AM
  
  Thanks, Shelly. If you get a few minutes I’d really appreciate those recipes 🙂
  
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  1. Shelly Najjar says:
    
    March 30, 2013 at 1:56 PM
    
    Hi 1df, I just posted about this on Nutrition Nuts and Bolts. Thanks for giving me another post idea! ^-^
    http://nutritionnutsandbolts.wordpress.com/2013/03/30/what-are-whole-foods/
    
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