Dietary Guidelines for Americans: Quick Facts

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“Eat real food”

Foods: Nutritive Value and Cost (1894)

Food for Young Children (1917)

How to Select Foods: I. What the Body Needs (1917)

Diets at Four Levels of Nutritive Content and Cost (1933)

Eat the Basic 7 every day!

“Eat a lunch that packs a punch!”

Food for Fitness: A Daily Food Guide (1977)

The Hassle-Free Guide to a Better Diet (1980)

“Food Wheel: A Pattern for Daily Food Choices” (1984)

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