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What are the parts of the pyramid? How much is a serving? What does a serving look like?
Parts of the Food Pyramid and Servings
Food
Guide Pyramid (USDA)
This
site is a great place to find out how much is in a serving of the various foods.
Food
Pyramid - How much is a serving?
Food
and Nutrition Information Center - The Food Guide Pyramid
The
Food Guide Pyramid
dmoz
Open Directory Project (Fruits and Vegetables)
The
Food Guide Pyramid and Healthy Eating Habits
This site gives you many basics from each of the pyramid
sections.
Kid's
Health : The Food Guide Pyramid
This site explains examples for each of the parts of the
food pyramid.
Food and
Nutrition
This site has a neat, simple explanation of what is in
each food group
Specific Examples of some of the Food Types
Center for Young Women's health
What
are Legumes?
What
are Dark Green Leafy Vegetables?
What
are some different kinds of grains?
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Nutrition Earth.com Food Guide |
Food Fit.com
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Green
Leafy Vegetables - University of Delaware
Leafy
vegetables
Leafy
vegetables - center for home gardening
Legumes
Beans
and Legumes - High in protein and fiber
The Cook's Thesaurus :
Legumes and Nuts Category
Biological
Environment : Legumes
Great
Grains - Complex Carbohydrates
dmoz Open Directory Project :
Grains
Visual Examples of Servings
Making
Sense of Serving Sizes
Great source for putting the serving sizes into visual
terms.
Controlling
your Portion Size
This site has the actual sizes for servings as well as some
visual examples.
Thrifty
Living : Serving Sizes
Great visual examples of serving sizes.
Disney
Online - Family Fun - Recipes
This site
has a really great way to visualize what a serving actually looks like.
How
much is ONE serving?
Healthy
Living tip : Control serving size
This site describes the serving size in
terms we can understand easily.
You are What you Eat : What Counts as a Serving?
This is a good site to show you that what we might think of
as a serving is actually more than a real serving.
Asking a Dietitian
This site has a few more of those descriptions which put
a serving size into visual terms.
Project
Teach - Texas Department of Agriculture
This site has some activities which help visualize just
what some of the serving sizes look like.
What is a Serving Size Anyway?
This site also allows you to visualize serving sizes
and it talks about how even a little more than an actual serving will add
calories.
Low
Fat Weekly : How much counts as a serving?
This site has problems with display, but it is excellent
for examples of each food group.
Determining proper proportions
This site has a few visual examples of serving sizes.