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Tips & Resources

Your food and physical activity choices each day affect your health — how you feel today, tomorrow, and in the future.

These tips and ideas are a starting point. You will find a wealth of suggestions here that can help you get started toward a healthy diet. Choose a change that you can make today, and move toward a healthier you.

Tips to help you:

	•	Make half your grains whole
	•	Vary your veggies
	•	Focus on fruit
	•	Get your calcium rich foods
	•	Go lean with protein
	•	Find your balance between food and physical activity
	•	Keep food safe to eat

The MyPyramid Ten Tips Nutrition Education Series provides consumers and professionals with high quality, easy-to-follow tips in a convenient, printable format.

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Last Modified: May 12, 2010 11:36 AM


Food group tips

			Grains

			Vegetables

			Fruits

			Milk

			Meat & Beans

Physical Activity

Food Safety

Sample Menu

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Tips for Eating Out

Vegetarian Diets

Ten Tips Nutrition Education

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