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School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children (2010)
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. "Appendix H: Uses of MyPyramid Food Groups and the MyPyramid Spreadsheet." School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2010.

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School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children

TABLE H-3 Initial Breakfast and Lunch Patterns Based on MyPyramid Amounts of Food Groups

Food	1,800 Calories			2,000 Calories			2,400 Calories
Food	MyPyramid Amount*	Initial Breakfast Pattern^a	Initial Lunch Pattern^a	MyPyramid Amount*	Initial Breakfast Pattern^a	Initial Lunch Pattern^a	MyPyramid Amount*	Initial Breakfast Pattern^a	Initial Lunch Pattern^a
Fruits (c/d)	1.5	0.3	0.5	2.0	0.4	0.6	2.0	0.4	0.6
Vegetables (c/d)	2.5	0.5	0.8	2.5	0.5	0.8	3.0	0.6	1.0
Dark green (c/wk)	3.0	0.5^b	0.7^b	3.0	0.5^b	0.7^b	3.0	0.5^b	0.7^b
Orange (c/wk)	2.0	0.3^b	0.5^b	2.0	0.3^b	0.5^b	2.0	0.3^b	0.5^b
Legumes (c/wk)	3.0	0.5^b	0.7^b	3.0	0.5^b	0.7^b	3.0	0.5^b	0.7^b
Starchy (c/wk)	3.0	0.5^b	0.7^b	3.0	0.5^b	0.7^b	6.0	0.9^b	1.4^b
Other (c/wk)	6.5	1.0^b	1.5^b	6.5	1.0^b	1.5^b	7.0	1.1^b	1.6^b
Grains (oz eq/d)	6.0	1.3	1.9	6.0	1.3^b	1.9^b	8.0	1.7^b	2.6^b
Refined (oz eq/d)	3.0	0.6	1.0	3.0	0.6	1.0	4.0	0.9	1.3
Whole (oz eq/d)	3.0	0.6	1.0	3.0	0.6	1.0	4.0	0.9	1.3
Meats and Beans (oz eq/d)	5.0	1.1	1.6	5.5	1.2	1.8	6.5	1.4	2.1
Milk (c/d)	3.0	0.6	1.0	3.0	0.6	1.0	3.0	0.6	1.0
Oils (g/d)	24	5.2	7.7	27	5.8	8.6	31	6.7	9.9
Discretionary Calories (kcal/d)	195	41.9	62.4	267	57.4	85.4	362	77.8	115.8
NOTES: c/d = cups/day; c/wk = cups/week; g/d = grams/day; kcal/d = kilocalories/day; oz eq/d = ounce equivalents/day. ^aInitial breakfast and lunch patterns are based on 21.5% and 32% of the MyPyramid recommended amount, respectively. ^bVegetable subgroups at breakfast and lunch are calculated as cups per 5-day school week at lunch using [(MyPyramid amount/7)50.215] and [(MyPyramid amount/7)50.32], respectively. SOURCE: *Britten et al., 2006.