Cholesterol

Most fats should come from sources of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fatty acids, such as fish, nuts and vegetable oils.

Choose a variety of foods to get enough carbohydrates, protein and other nutrients.

Eat only enough calories to maintain a healthy weight for your height and build.

Serve whole-grain breads and cereals rather than refined grain products.

Look for "whole grain" as the first ingredient on the food label, and make at least half your grain servings whole grain.

Serve a variety of fruits and vegetables daily, and limit juice intake.

Each meal should contain at least 1 fruit or vegetable.

Children's recommended fruit intake ranges from one cup a day, between ages one and three, to two cups for a 14 to 18-year-old boy.

Recommended vegetable intake ranges from 3/4 a cup a day at age one, to three cups a day for a 14 to 18-year-old boy.

Serve nonfat and low-fat dairy foods.

Estimated calories needed by children range from 900 calories a day for a one-year-old to 1,800 calories a day for a 14-18-year-old girl and 2,200 calories a day for a 14-18-year-old boy.

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Additional highlights of the program include plans for a project to screen 100 percent of all eligible Medicare recipients in Columbus for diabetes and also to implement a uniform system of insulin delivery at Columbus hospitals.

More about the NCQA's DPRP Programs: The National Committee for Quality Assurance developed the Diabetes Physician Recognition Program in partnership with the ADA in 1997.

Three founding supporters of the popular Physician Recognition programs include GlaxoSmithKline, Novo Nordisk, and Pfizer Inc.

To earn diabetes recognition, a physician or physician groups must collect and submit data related to the treatment of people with diabetes, such as the percentage of patients whose Those that meet or exceed national performance thresholds are recognized on a dedicated Web page and added to a referral list, to which NCQA and ADA direct interested consumers.

More than 2,600 physicians have been recognized to date.

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