Food Groups

Protects and regulates the body

• Vitamins

• Carbohydrate

• Proteins

Builds and repairs body tissues

• Carbohydrates

• Fats

• Proteins

• Vitamin

Helps the body to grow

• Minerals

• Fats

• Carbohydrates

Helps to keep the body warm

• Minerals

• Vitamins

• Fats

The body needs 3 to 8 ounces of this food group every day.

Meat, poultry , fish and beans are a part of this food group

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You need one to three cups of this food group daily

Calories are

• Measurement of energy in food

• Food

• Diet

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