Food Groups
MyPlate Rules
Harvard Healthy Plate
What’s On My Plate?
Food Fun Facts
100

This group includes bread, pasta, and oatmeal.

What is the Grains group?

100

This visual replaced the Food Pyramid.

What is MyPlate?

100

The Harvard plate says to fill half your plate with these.

What are fruits and vegetables?

100

A turkey sandwich with whole wheat bread fits into these two groups.

What are Grains or Carbohydrates and Protein?

100

This green veggie is famous for looking like little trees.

What is broccoli?

200

These foods help build strong muscles.

What is the Protein group?

200

This food group should take up the biggest part of your plate.

What are Vegetables?

200

This drink is recommended over milk at every meal.

What is water?

200

A fruit salad with strawberries, grapes, and oranges belongs to this group.

What is the Fruit group?

200

Bananas are a great source of this muscle-helping mineral.

What is potassium?

300

This group includes apples, bananas, and strawberries.

What is the Fruit group?

300

MyPlate shows this dairy item next to the plate.

What is a cup of milk.

300

The Harvard plate suggests limiting this type of grain.

What are refined grains?

300

A veggie stir-fry with rice and tofu fits into these three groups.

What are Vegetables, Grains, and Protein?

300

True or False: All fats are bad for you.

What is False?

400

These give your body fiber, vitamins, and minerals, and should take up half your plate.

What are Fruits and Vegetables?

400

The grain group should include these kinds of grains most often.

What are whole grains?

400

True or False: The Harvard plate includes physical activity.

What is True?

400

Yogurt with granola and berries belongs to these three food groups.

What are Dairy, Grains, and Fruit?

400

This food group gives you quick energy and includes bread, rice, and cereal.

What is the Grains group?

500

This group includes cheese, milk, and yogurt.

What is the Dairy group?

500

My Plate encourages a balanced diet consisting of these 5 food groups.

What are Fruits, Vegetables, Protein, Grains and Dairy?

500

Harvard’s plate is different from MyPlate because it doesn’t include this food group as required.

What is Dairy?

500

A taco with ground beef, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes covers how many food groups?

What are four (Protein, Dairy, Vegetables, Grains)?

500

This orange veggie is good for your eyes.

What is a carrot?