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food group

noun

  1. any of the categories into which different foods may be placed according to the type of nourishment they supply, such as carbohydrates or proteins
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Luna was raised in Austin, Texas, and if you’ve ever been, smoked meats are practically a food group there.

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Bügel then flashed a slide featuring the Danish food guide: six colorful boxes, each representing a different food group, with their sizes indicating their proportion in a healthy, climate-conscious diet.

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I wasn’t cutting out just a food group from my diet but a significant aspect of my cultural identity.

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I wasn’t just cutting out a food group from my diet, but a significant aspect of my cultural identity.

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The addition of vegetables to the diet -- the most commonly wasted food group in the United States -- was linked to a lower likelihood of wasting food, another sign of changing habits that, in this case, involved eating more veggie-dense meals.

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