MyPyramid:

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MyPyramid
Steps to a healthier YOU!
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Signs of Good Health

• Health is wealth, but how do we know if were
  healthy?
• Can you list some signs of good health?

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Choose for health!

• Eat a variety of foods.
• Balance your diet with physical activity to stay
  healthy.

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Choose for health!

• The United States Department of Agriculture
  developed the Food Guide Pyramid to show
  Americans how to eat well, exercise enough and be
  healthy!

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MyPyramid

• To find your pyramid, visit http//www.MyPyramid.g
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• Enter your gender, age and activity level
• OR
• Use the charts
• WHAT DOES YOUR PYRAMID LOOK LIKE?

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Adapted from NEP-201FG, MyPyramid Steps to a
Healthier You

• Prepared by Jackie R. Walters, MBA, RD, LD
• University of Kentucky
• Extension Associate for Nutrition Education
  Programs
• May 2006
• Educational programs of Kentucky Cooperative
  Extension serve all people regardless of race,
  color, age, sex, religion, disability, or
• national origin.