
Nutrition
Fruit
Group
3 Servings
Some of the foods in the Fruit group are:
apples • oranges • bananas • pears • grapes • kiwi • berries: strawberries, blueberries, raspberries • melons: watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew • pineapple • papaya
Apple
Bananas
Grapes
Vitamin C
Fruit Group foods provide vitamin C. Vitamin C helps our body heal cuts and bruises and fight infections!
Grain
Group
Grain Group Foods come from many different grain plants: wheat, oats, rye, barley and rice. "Whole-grains" like whole-wheat bread, also provide fiber and other substances that help keep us healthy. Fiber also helps us digest our food.
5 Servings
Carbohydrates
Grain Group foods give us carbohydrates. Carbohydrates give us the energy we need to play, learn, sleep and keep our bodies running 24-7!
Bread
Foods to choose from in the grain group. Bread: white, wheat, rye, buns, rolls, muffins, bagels • cereals: hot and cold • rice: all kinds • pasta: spaghetti, macaroni, noodles • tortillas • crackers • pancakes
Vegetable
Group
Some foods in the vegetable group are: broccoli • cauliflower • corn • peas • green beans • lettuce • mushrooms • celery • carrots • white potatoes and sweet potatoes • juices made from vegetables: tomato juice, carrot juice
4 Servings
Peas
Broccoli
Vitamin A
Is it easier for you to see in the dark or the daylight? For most people it's easier in the daylight! Foods in the Vegetable Group give us vitamin A that helps us see in the dark. VitaminA also helps to keep our skin healthy.
Lettuce
Carrot
Milk
Group
Did you know your body has 206 bones that are alive and growing? Believe it or not, you'll eventually have 32 permanent teeth! Milk Group foods provide calcium that helps build strong bones and teeth.
3 Servings
Milk
Build strong bones with these foods in the Milk Group:
milk • flavored milk like strawberry, banana, chocolate • yogurt • cheese: string, cheddar, American and others • pudding • frozen yogurt
Calcuim
Calcium helps:
strengthen bones, which are growing stronger and longer. Stop bleeding if you get cut or bruised
and muscles contract and relax.
Meat
Group
Stand up and take a step. You just used 54 muscles! Your muscles hold your bones together and make them move. Meat Group foods help build strong muscles. Foods in this group provide protein and iron.
2 Servings
Build muscles with these Meat Group foods:
beef • pork • chicken and turkey • fish • dried beans and peas • peanut butter • eggs • nuts
Meat
Protein