Eat Fruits and Vegetables Everyday, To Stay Healthy All The Way.pdf

Eat Fruits & Vegetables Everyday,

Stay Healthy All The Way!

Photography by: Rosa To

Highlighting the Dietary

Guidelines for Americans 2005

Healthy Chinese Cuisine

Foreword

Being overweight and obese has become a major health problem in California, including our Chinese community.

According to the California Behavioral Risk Factor Survey 1 , over forty percent of Asian American males, and thirty

percent of females in California are overweight!*. This has led to an increase in such diet-related disorders as diabetes,

obesity, and high blood pressure.

Eighty percent of Asian American children and ﬁ fty-six percent of Asian American adults are not eating enough fruits

and vegetables 2, 3 . Eating at least 2 to 6 ½ cups of fruits and vegetables (depending on your age, gender and activity

level), and getting 30 to 60 minutes of physical activity everyday, may help to lower our risk of becoming overweight

and our risk of cancer, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and obesity 4 .

This is the ﬁ rst booklet available in Chinese to help increase fruit and vegetable consumption and provide helpful tips

on staying active. This easy method to improve intake of fruits and vegetables is enhanced by celebrity chef Martin Yan

and nutritionist Catherine Wong from Chinatown Public Health Center, who share their secrets for healthy eating and

cooking using authentic Chinese recipes.

I am pleased to recommend this well written and illustrated booklet that will help keep you healthy.

Sincerely,

Edward A. Chow, MD

San Francisco Health Commissioner

Executive Director, Chinese Community Health Care Association

(1) California Department of Health Services, Cancer Surveillance Section, California Behavioral Risk Factor Survey, 2004

(2) California Department of Health Services, Cancer Prevention and Nutrition Section, California Children’s Eating & Exercise Practices, 2003

(3) California Department of Health Services, Cancer Prevention and Nutrition Section, the California Dietary Survey, 2003

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Foreword

Through the 5 a Day-for Better Health! Campaign, we have worked to promote fruit and vegetable intake and

increased physical activity for over 15 years. That is because eating nutritious foods, like fruits and vegetables, and

being physically active, lowers the risk of cancer, Type 2 diabetes, stroke and unhealthy body weight. In addition,

when you eat fruits and vegetables, like those found in the traditional Chinese diet, and stay active, you not only

improve your physical health, but your mental and emotional health as well.

Use this cookbook to help you prepare healthy and traditional home-cooked Chinese meals for you and your family.

Look to the meal planning guide to see if your family is eating enough fruits and vegetables to promote good health.

Refer to the physical activity suggestions to see how you and your family can include the daily physical activity that

is so important in maintaining whole body wellness.

The traditional Chinese diet is a wonderful example of how fresh ingredients, like fruits and vegetables, can be

combined for a ﬂ avorful and healthful meal. Use this cookbook to help you preserve those beneﬁ ts and to reduce

the risk of chronic disease. Look for more dietary information in the future speciﬁ cally designed for the Asian

American Paciﬁ c Islander community. Your health is worth preserving!

Sincerely,

Susan B. Foerster, MPH, RD,

Chief Cancer Prevention and Nutrition Section

Director, California Nutrition Network for Healthy, Active Families

California Department of Health Services

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