The food pyramid. Recommendations of servings per day, varying based on age, sex, and lifestyle. One serving is just over 1oo grams, or half an orange.

6-11 Bread, cereal, rice & pasta
3-5 Vegetables
2-4 Fruit
2-3 Dairy, meat, fish, eggs, nuts, & beans
7 tsp Fat

This is not just academic: Obesity kills 300,000 Americans a year.

© Frode Hegland 2006