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Food Guide Pyramid for Young Children A Daily Guide for 2- to 8-Year-Olds |
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Grains Make half your grains whole • Look for the word "whole" in front of the grain name on the list of ingredients |
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Vegetables Vary your vegetables • Eat more dark vegetables • Eat more orange vegetables • Eat more dry beans and peas |
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Fruits Focus on fruits • Eat a variety of fruits • Choose fresh, frozen, canned, or dried fruit • Go easy on fruit juices |
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Oils Know your fats • Make most of your fat sources from fish, nuts, and vegetable oils • Limit solid fats like butter, stick margarine, shortening, and lard |
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Milk Get your calcium-rich foods • Go low-fat or fat-free • If you don't or can't consume milk, choose lactose-free products or other calcium sources |
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Meat & Beans Go lean on protein • Choose low-fat or lean meats and poultry • Bake it, broil it, or grill it • Vary your sources with more fish, beans, peas, nuts, and seeds |
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Give your child a variety of foods in each of the food groups (bananas for one fruit serving, grapes for another; eggs for one protein serving, meat for another, for example). And offer whole or mixed-grain products for the majority of your child's grain servings each day. |
