Ms.

Rose

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February

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Eating Right Food Groups:

Vegetables
There are a lot of different types of vegetables.
Currently, the USDA has divided vegetables into five
subgroups. The first group of vegetables is dark-green
vegetables. This group includes spinach, broccoli, romaine
lettuce, kale, and collard greens. Its recommended that
children eat 1-2 cups of dark-green vegetables each week. The
second group is orange vegetables, which includes carrots,
sweet potatoes, and butternut squash. Its recommended that
children eat anywhere from to 2 cups of orange vegetables
each week. The third group is dry beans and peas, this
includes kidney beans, pinto beans, lentils, garbanzo beans,
split peas, and black-eyed peas. Its recommended that
children eat anywhere from to 3 cups of these vegetables
each week. The fourth group of vegetables is starchy
vegetables, which includes potatoes, sweet corn, and garden
peas. Its recommended that children eat 1 to 3 cups of these
each week. The last group is the misfit group of vegetables
simply called other vegetables; this group
includes tomatoes, lettuce, onions, green
beans, and cabbage. The USDA
recommends that children eat 4-6
cups of these vegetables each week.
A diet rich in these foods has been
known to reduce a persons risk of heart
disease, type 2 diabetes, and obesity.