2. MyPyramid was created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture
It is designed to remind you to be physically active everyday, or most days, and make healthy food choices.
Every part of the new symbol has a message for you

3. Exercise Grains Veggies Fruits Oils Milk Meat & Beans
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4. Get 60 minutes of physical activity every day or most days of the week
Daily Exercise
Get 60 minutes of physical activity every day or most days of the week
Improve your ability to do daily activities
Strengthens your bones and muscles
Reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease
Reduce your risk or type 2 diabetes
Improve mental health and mood
Maintain a healthy weight
Increase your chances of living longer

5. Get Moving

6. Grains Eat 6 oz. of grains everyday ATLEAST 3 oz should be whole grain
Remember, just because bread is brown doesn’t mean it is whole-grain.
Read the ingredients list to make sure the first word is “whole.”

7. Bread
Pasta
Grain Group
Rice
Crackers
oatmeal
Popcorn

8. Vegetables Eat 2 ½ cups every day
Veggies provide you with all kinds of vitamins
Excellent source of fiber
Pick a variety of colored vegetables
They all provide different nutrient you need to stay healthy!

9. Fruits Eat 1 ½ cups every day
Fruits provide you with all kinds of vitamins
Excellent source of fiber
Fruits are natures candy. SWEET and DELICIOUS

10. Oils Oils are not actually a food group
Get oils from things such as fish, nuts, corn oil, soybean oil, and canola oil.

11. Milk 3 cups everyday Excellent source of Calcium
Calcium builds strong bones!
Make sure your dairy products are always low-fat or fat-free

12. Meat & Beans Eat 5 oz. every day Excellent sources of protien
Eat lean or lowfat meat, chicken, turkey, and fish.
Ask for it baked, broiled, or grilled

13. MyPyramid Message Be Physically Active Every Day
Eat More From Some Food Groups Than Others
Choose Healthier Goods From Each Group
Every Color Every Day
Take One Step at a Time
Make Choices That Are Right for You

14. Be Physically Active Every Day
The person climbing the stairs represents physical activity that you are suppose to get every day or most days. Do things that you enjoy like running, swimming, biking, or playing basketball.

15. Eat More From Some Food Groups than Others
Some of the colored stripes on the pyramid are wider than others. This is to remind you to choose more foods from the groups with the bigger stripes.

16. Choose Healthier Goods From Each Group
The stripes are wider at the bottom of the pyramid than the top. Every food group has foods that you should eat more often than others, and they are represented by the wider base of the pyramid.

17. Every Color Every Day
The colors orange, green, red, yellow, blue and purple represent the five different food groups plus oils. Remember to eat foods from all food groups every day.

18. Take One Step at a Time
You don’t need to change what you eat and how you exercise overnight.
Just start with one new, good thing, and add a new on every day

19. Make Choices That Are Right for You
Every person is different so MyPyramid has a program that can customize to each individual.
MyPyramid.gov is a web site that will give everyone in the family personal ideas on how to eat better and exercise more.

20. MyPyramid Blast Off!

21. Citations
MyPyramid for Kids. Retrieved March 8, 2009, from MyPyramid Blast Off Game. Retrieved March 9, 2009, from Food and Nutrition. Retrived March 8, 2009, from Timon and Pumba video. Retirieved March 9, 2009, from MyPyramid for Kids. Retrieved March 9, 2009, from