For health...eat some food from each group...every day!
Single-colour printed food chart in brown ink on buff paper: seven labelled food groups drawn in a circle around a medallion of a father, mother and two children walking together, ringed by 'U.S. Needs Us Strong, Eat the Basic 7 Every Day'. The technique is faint here; the closest is plain-folks, an ordinary family used as the face of a public-health instruction.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Government (issuer not named)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Health, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Government (issuer not named). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-798A (NAID 514287).
Text on the object
For Health...eat some food from each group...every day! GROUP ONE GREEN AND YELLOW VEGETABLES... some raw— some cooked, frozen or canned GROUP TWO ORANGES, TOMATOES, GRAPEFRUIT... or raw cabbage or salad greens GROUP THREE POTATOES AND OTHER VEGETABLES AND FRUITS raw, dried, cooked, frozen or canned GROUP FOUR MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS... fluid, evaporated, dried milk, or cheese GROUP FIVE MEAT, POULTRY, FISH, OR EGGS... or dried beans, peas, nuts, or peanut butter GROUP SIX BREAD, FLOUR, AND CEREALS... Natural whole grain— or enriched or restored GROUP SEVEN BUTTER AND FORTIFIED MARGARINE (with added Vitamin A) U.S. NEEDS US STRONG EAT THE BASIC 7 EVERY DAY U.S. GOVERNMENT CHART IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC 7... EAT ANY OTHER FOODS YOU WANT
