A substance in food that helps your body grow, stay healthy, and work properly.

A category of foods that provide similar nutrients, like fruits, vegetables, grains, protein foods, and dairy.

Foods that come from plants and are usually sweet; they give your body vitamins, minerals, and fiber.

Plant foods that provide vitamins, minerals, and fiber to help keep your body healthy.

Foods made from wheat, rice, oats, cornmeal, or barley; they give your body energy from carbohydrates.

Foods that help build and repair muscles, like meat, poultry, fish, eggs, beans, nuts, and seeds.

Foods like milk, yogurt, and cheese, or fortified soy milk and yogurt, that provide calcium, vitamin D, and protein for strong bones and teeth.

Sugars that are added to foods or drinks during processing or preparation, not those that occur naturally in foods.

A type of fat found in butter, cheese, red meat, and other animal foods; eating too much can raise cholesterol levels.

The amount of food you choose to eat at one time.

Choosing many different foods from each food group so your body gets all the nutrients it needs.

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