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title: For health...eat some food from each group...every day!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/for-health-eat-some-food-each-group-usda-colour-chart-1941/
description: 'Full-colour food chart on black: a wheel of seven coloured wedges, each a food group with drawings and labels, around a medallion of a father.'
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[![For health...eat some food from each group...every day!, 1941 US poster: Full-colour food chart on black](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/for-health-eat-some-food-each-group-usda-colour-chart-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/for-health-eat-some-food-each-group-usda-colour-chart-1941.jpg)

# For health...eat some food from each group...every day!

Full-colour food chart on black: a wheel of seven coloured wedges, each a food group with drawings and labels, around a medallion of a father, mother and two children walking together under '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 nutrition instruction.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
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
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[imprint:] [illegible]
```

[← For health...eat some food from each group...every day!](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/for-health-eat-some-food-each-group-one-colour-chart-1941/) [For peace and security, buy bonds →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/for-peace-and-security-buy-bonds-1941/)

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