This is not a reducing diet because it is not severely restricted in terms of basic food groups. (foodaddictsanonymous.org)
Under USDA rules, schools who use the so - called food based meal plan, as in Boulder, must offer students five lunch items covering basic food groups, plus milk. (theslowcook.com)
The USDA has been telling Americans what they should be eating since 1923 when the Bureau of Home Economics established the 12 basic food groups at the height of the Prohibition Era, when obesity was a luxury. (breitbart.com)