NUTRITION
ADOLESCENT NUTRITION
Question
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Eat at a fast food restaurant every day.
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Eat food from some of the food groups.
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Eat a variety of foods from each food group every day.
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Eat only one type of food from each food group every day
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Detailed explanation-1: -Eating a well-balanced diet means eating a variety of foods from each of the five food groups daily, in the recommended amounts.
Detailed explanation-2: -As the MyPlate icon shows, the five food groups are Fruits, Vegetables, Grains, Protein Foods, and Dairy. The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans emphasizes the importance of an overall healthy eating pattern with all five groups as key building blocks, plus oils.
Detailed explanation-3: -Food variety ensures that your body keeps getting all-around nourishment in the form of all the essential nutrients from different types of food. Thus, our everyday meal offers us a mix of carbohydrates through potatoes, rice, vitamins through fruits, proteins through pulses, and so on.