In 1916, Caroline Hunt, a nutritionist, wrote the first USDA food guide, Food for Young Children. Milk and meat, cereals, vegetables and fruits, fats and fatty foods, and sugars and sugary foods made up five food groups. Here’s the link to read more.
https://www.rileychildrens.org/connections/evolution-of-usda-food-guides-to-todays-myplateh
Where today, we have My Plate! Which is honestly a great starting point if you don’t know where to begin your portion sizing and meal planning journey. The essentials are the make small changes first, then build on them to make bigger changes in your life.
Another takeaway from today’s My Plate, is to choose foods with less saturated fat, sodium, and added sugars. That’s a diet I can get on board with!
