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By Deepi Brar
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Copyright 2002 Consumer Health Interactive

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References


The Food Guide Pyramid http://www.usda.gov/cnpp/pyrabklt.pdf

Consumption of Food Group Servings: People's Perceptions Vs. Reality http://www.usda.gov/cnpp/Insights/Insight20.PDF

Serving Sizes in the Food Guide Pyramid and on the Nutrition Facts Label: What’s Different and Why? http://www.usda.gov/cnpp/Insights/Insight22.PDF

American Diabetes Association: Food Pyramid http://vgs.diabetes.org/planningmeals/food_pyramid.jsp

Nutrition Action HealthLetter http://www.cspinet.org/nah/index.htm

Manufacturer's web sites: Kraft, Nantucket Nectars



Reviewed by Lisa Tartamella-Kimmel, MS, RD, an ambulatory nutrition specialist at the Yale-New Haven hospital in Connecticut and a contributing author to The Yale Guide to Children's Nutrition.


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First published September 22, 2004
Last updated October 20, 2005
Copyright © 2004 Consumer Health Interactive


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