Eating foods from the food guide pyramid and being physically active will

help you grow healthy and strong.

Eat small amounts of your
favorite foods from this
category.

Cakes
Condiments
Soft drinks
Chips
Cookies
Eat 2-3 servings..
Milk
Cheese
Yogurt
Ice Cream
 Strengthen bones which are growing stronger and
longer
Stops bleeding if you get cut or bruised
Muscles contract and relax
 How Do I Get The Calcium I
Need?
String Cheese Combined with fresh or
dried fruit
Mini Snacks baby carrots, whole grain
crackers, low fat milk
Veggie pizza
 Interactive Review for the
Milk,yogurt, and Cheese Group
How many servings 2 3 servings
are recommended
from the milk, yogurt,
and cheese group?
Calcium provides
Strengthens bones
what function/s to the
body? Muscles contract/relax
Stops bleeding if you
get cut or bruised
 Eat 2-3 servings.
Dried beans and peas
Beef
Pork
Chicken and turkey
Fish
nuts
Carries oxygen to all parts of your body

Helps your body make energy

Helps prevents infection

 Interactive Review on
Meat Group
How many servings are 2 3 servings
recommended from the
meat group?
Foods in the meat group Muscles
help to build strong what?
Foods in the meat group
Protein and iron
provides?

Iron is important because? Helps body make energy

Helps prevent infection
Foods in the Vegetable Group
gives us:
Vitamin A
Vitamin C
Fiber
Eat 3-5 servings..
Broccoli
Corn
Lettuce
Tomato
Mushrooms
The vitamins provided by eating
vegetables
Vitamin A Helps us to see in the dark
and keeps our skin healthy.

Vitamin C Helps prevent diseases

Eat 2-4 servings
Raspberries
Apples
Kiwi
Strawberries
Fruit Group foods provides
 Interactive Review on
Fruit Group
How many servings 2-4 servings
are recommended
from the fruit group?
Eating from the fruit Vitamin C
group provides us with
what vitamin?
Vitamin C helps us Heals cuts and bruises
with what? Fights infection
Eat 6-11 servings
Bread
Cereal
Pasta spaghetti and/or
macaroni noodles
Pancakes
Grain Group Foods Gives Us

Carbohydrates for the

Energy We Need to Play,
Learn, Sleep and Keep Our
Bodies Running 24 Hours
a Day!
 Interactive Review on Grain
Group
How many servings 6-11 servings
are recommended
from the grain group?
What does the grain Carbohydrates
group gives us for the
energy we need to
play, learn, and sleep?
Ways to Increase Your Physical
Activity
Recess
Playing sports
Exercising
 Let The Pyramid Guide Your
Food Choices
Encourage regular intake of calcium rich foods
Increase physical activity
Restrict intake of low nutrient beverages
Take a more active role deciding what is
purchased when shopping with your parents
Corbin, C. B., Corbin, W. R., Lindsey, R.,
& Welk, G. J. (2003). 5th Edition.
Concepts of Fitness and Wellness.
Insel, P. M., & Roth, W. T. (2002). Core Concepts in
Health.
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