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Estimation of Food Guide Pyramid Serving Sizes by College Students

Gretchen Knaust

Pottstown Memorial Medical Center

Irene M. Foster

Framingham State College

The utility of the Food Guide Pyramid (FGP) as a guide to quantity of consumption and serving sizes was investigated. Participants used the FGP model to assist them in selecting serving sizes on a 10-item questionnaire. Overall mean scores (31% correct) indicated that participants generally did not know the serving sizes recommended for use with the FGP, despite having access to the model, and having had some previous instruction (73% of participants). Those who had previously read about or received instruction on serving sizes had higher mean scores than those who had not (p < .004). The utility of the FGP as a guide for quantity of consumption requires further attention.

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2, 101-110 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X00292002
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