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Understanding Food Pyramid
The topic of food will be incomplete without discussing the Food Pyramid, so the following links below help explain the food pyramid. The Food Pyramid in place has been developed by the United States Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A).
The Food Pyramid is a guide that classifies the food into different groups and advises as to how many servings of each group are recommended per day.
- Food Groups in the Food Pyramid
All the foods that we eat can be categorized into 6 broad groups given below.
- The NEW Food Pyramid
Look at both the old and the new food pyramid. Did you notice the inclusion of something very important in the new food pyramid? Yes, Exercise. Visit our pages on exercise.
- The OLD Food Pyramid
- Examples of Serving and Calories
For your convenience, we have tried to provide serving and calorie information of the most common foods.
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