Nutritional guidelines for Filipinos (Manila : Food and Nutrition Research Institute Department of Science and Technology, 2000)
1. Eat a variety of foods everyday -- 2. Breast feed infants exclusively from birth to 4-6 months, and then, give appropriate foods while continuing breast-feeding -- 3. Maintain children's normal growth through proper diet and monitor their groth regularly -- 4. Consume fish, lean meat, poultry or dried beans -- 5. Eat more vegetables, fruits, and root crops -- 6. Eat foods cooked in edible/cooking oil daily -- 7. Consume milk, milk products or other calcium-rich foods such as small fish and dark green leafy vegetables everyday -- 8. Use iodized salt, but avoid excessive intake of salty foods -- 9. Eat clean and safe food -- 10. For a healthy lifestyle and good nutrition, exercise regularly, do not smoke, and avoid drinking alcoholic beverages
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Keywords: Dietetics -- Filipinos; Nutrition -- Requirements -- Filipinos; Nutrition Requirements; Dietetics; Nutrition -- evaluation