Use the Food Guide Pyramid to help you plan nutritious meals and food bags. It consists of the 5 food groups needed for good health and another food group of fats and sweets. To assemble a healthy meal or food bag, provide the most foods from the Bread Group, followed by Vegetables, and Fruits. Then add something from the Milk group and the Meat group. Go easy on fats, oils and sweets, the foods in the small tip of the Pyramid.
Variety means providing a wide selection of foods both within and among the food groups.
That means no one food group is more important than any other. Also, it's important to provide a variety of foods from within each food group. Moderation means providing food portions in the recommended serving sizes and giving fats, oils, and sweets sparingly. Summary Every emergency feeding program in the country serves a different community and has different resources, so meals and food bags will be different. Use these resources as a guide to put together healthy meals or food bags for your community.