5th A: This will help you in your inquiry:
| What I ate today | |||||
| Food Group | Type of Food | Portion Size | Quantity Recomended | # | food |
| Grains | bread;bagel; | 1 ounce = 1 slice bread; | Female | 0 | bread |
| cooked pasta or rice; | ¼ bagel; ½ cup cooked pasta or rice; | 12-18 years old: 6 ounces | 2 | bagel | |
| whole-wheat crackers | 5 whole-wheat crackers | Male | 2.5 | pasta or rice | |
| 12 years old: 7 ounces | 0 | crackers | |||
| 13 | |||||
| Vegetables | raw or cooked vegetables; | ||||
| raw leafy vegetables | 1 cup = 1 cup raw or cooked vegetables; | Female | 1 | raw or cooked vegetables | |
| 2 cups raw leafy vegetables | 12-18 years old: 2.5 cups | 0 | raw leafy vegetables | ||
| Male | |||||
| 12 years old: 3 cups | |||||