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Learn About Food Groups

Classification

When you classify, you put things in categories, or groups.

Meats and Beans

Meats and Beans

Fruit

Fruit

Grains

Grains

Vegetables

Vegetables

Milk

Milk

Fats and Oils

Fats and Oils

Vegetables category

  • 1. peas

  • 2. carrots

  • 3. lettuce

  • 4. peppers

  • 5. mushrooms

a list of foods in the category

Study the food pyramid. Then do the activity.

What Kinds of Foods Do You Eat?

You will need: a notebook and a pencil

    Activity Steps

  • 1 Make a List

    Write all the foods you ate yesterday.

  • 2 Put the Foods in Groups

    Classify the foods on your list. Use the 6 food groups you learned about.

  • 3 Count the Servings

    Draw the food pyramid. Next to each group, write the number of servings you ate.

FOOD PYRAMID

FOOD PYRAMID

Grains
6 oz. every day

Vegetables
cups every day

Fruits
2 cups every day

Fats and Oils
use sparingly

Milk
3 cups every day

Meat & Beans
oz. every day

Think it Over

  • 1. Look at the food pyramid you drew. From which food group did you eat the most servings?

  • 2. Do you need to eat more from some groups? Which ones?

  • 3. Do you need to eat less from some groups? Which ones?