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Article: DAILY PORTION CHECKLIST IS BIG ON BREADS AND VEGGIES
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- May 20, 1992
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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 ...