Article: DAILY PORTION CHECKLIST IS BIG ON BREADS AND VEGGIES

DRAWING FOOD GUIDE PYRAMID - A GUIDE TO DAILY FOOD CHOICES

THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION.

Here are the main categories of eaters covered by the USDA guide, along with the recommended numbers of daily servings for each: 2,200 CALORIES DAILY

About the right amount for most children, teen-age girls, medium-active women and sedentary men:

Bread, cereal, rice, pasta: 9 servings daily

Vegetables: 4 servings

Fruit: 3 servings

Milk, yogurt, cheese: 2 to 3 servings

Meat, poultry, fish, dried beans, eggs, nuts: 6 ounces of meat or the equivalent in other protein foods.

(3 ounces of meat is about the size of an average hamburger patty or a medium-size half ...

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