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Who Is Eating Healthy?

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Second graders list the six food groups of the food pyramid and give an example for each. They discuss each food group and determine which food goes in each group. They examine the suggested daily servings for each food group and view a PowerPoint show.

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the food pyramid, food, diet

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diet, food pyramid, health
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2nd
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Health
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