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The Food PyramidFruits Are Fun

Grains Are GoodMilk Is Magnificent

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ISBN 1-57765-834-5

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ABDO

Amanda Rondeau

FruitsAre Fun

Amanda Rondeau

Consulting EditorMonica Marx, M.A./Reading Specialist

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rondeau, Amanda, 1974-Fruits are fun / Amanda Rondeau.

p. cm. -- (What should I eat?)Summary: A simple introduction to the fruit group of foods and why fruits are

important for us to eat.ISBN 1-57765-834-51. Fruit--Juvenile literature. 2. Nutrition--Juvenile literature. [1. Fruit. 2. Nutrition.] I. Title.

TX557 .R56 2002641.3’4--dc21

2002018366

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What is the fruit group?

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*For suggested serving sizes, see page 22.

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This is the food pyramid.

There are 6 food groups in the pyramid.

The food pyramid helps usknow how to eat right.

Eating right helps us stay healthy.

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The fruit group is part ofthe food pyramid.

We should eat 2 to 4 servings of fruit every day.

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Fruits are good for ourbodies.

There are many kinds of fruit in the fruit group.

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Fruit gives us many vitamins that we need.

Fruit helps us stay strong.

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Did you know apples arefruit?

Apples come in differentcolors.

They are red or yellow orgreen.

Apples are a good snack.

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Did you know strawberriesare fruit?

Each strawberry has about200 seeds.

Strawberries are good oncereal for breakfast.

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Did you know raisins arefruit?

Raisins are dried grapes.

Raisins are sweet andmake a great dessert after lunch.

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Did you know bananas arefruit?

Bananas have been grownfor over 1 million years.

Bananas are soft andgood in smoothies.

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Can you think of otherfoods in the fruit group?

What is your favorite foodin the fruit group?

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Index

apples, p. 13

bananas, p. 19

bodies, p. 9

breakfast, p. 15

dessert, p. 17

dried, p.17

food pyramid, pp. 5, 7

healthy, p. 5

raisins, p. 17

servings, p. 7

smoothies, p. 19

snack, p. 13

strawberry, p. 15

vitamins, p. 11

Fruit

1 medium apple,banana, or

orange

1⁄2 cup of chopped, cooked,

or canned fruit

3⁄4 cupof fruit juice

What Counts As a Serving?

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Glossary

breakfast the first meal after youwake up in the morning

dessert a sweet food, like fruit orice cream, served after ameal

fruit the fleshy, usually sweet,part of a tree or plantgrown for food

healthy to be well, also doing thingsthat keep us well

serving a single portion of food

vitamins a substance that we needfor good health, found naturally in plants andmeats

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