On 12-04-14 at 12:38pm, Chris Leonard wrote: > 2012/4/14 Walter Bender <[email protected]>: > > On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Chris Leonard > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Walter Bender > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> During the conversation with the learning team, the topic of > >>> nutrition came up. FZT is working with USAID on a nutrition > >>> curriculum. We discussed ways to integrate the curriculum into > >>> Sugar, by or example, using the Turtle Art [1]. I was inspired by > >>> our discussion of the Food Pyramid, so on the flight back to > >>> Boston, I wrote a new activity, [2]. What is potentially fun about > >>> it is that not only can you explore the precompiled database of > >>> foods, but you can also load your own foods into the database. So, > >>> for example, a child could take a photo (using Record) or draw a > >>> picture (using Paint) of dinner, and then load that food into the > >>> activity. > >> > >> Walter, the Food Pyramid is so 10 minutes ago :-) > >> > >> Almost a year ago the USDA guidelines changed to the MyPlate > >> iconography. > >> > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyPlate > > > > I should probably change my formula for a balanced meal. (I had been > > going by the material prepared in .NI based on USAID curricula.) > > Thanks. > > That is not to say that the USDA recommendations are necessarily right > for every one, even within the US there is criticism that they are > overly influenced by the agribiz concerns that have great political > influence. > > Of course, leave to folks from Boston to propose an alternative, the > Harvard Healthy Eating Plate. > > http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-eating-plate/healthy-eating-plate-vs-usda-myplate/index.html
Somewhat related, for those interested in RDF and semantic web, here is a SPARQL interface for the USDA data (and, if we move on the collaboration that we've briefly discussed via email recently, also some european databases I am looking at codifying): http://semanticdiet.com/ - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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