TABLE 2-13, USDA Food Intake Patterns for Kcal Levels of Interest: Comparison of 2005 and 2015–2020 DGA - Review of WIC Food Packages

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TABLE 2-13USDA Food Intake Patterns for Kcal Levels of Interest: Comparison of 2005 and 2015–2020 DGA

Food Group	Units	Kcal Pattern
		1,300^a		2,300^b		2,600
		2005	2015–2020	2005	2015–2020	2005	2015–2020
Fruits	c-eq/d	1¼	1¼	2	2	2	2
Vegetables	c-eq/d	1½	1½	3	3	3½	3½
Dark green	c-eq/wk	1½	1	3	2	3	2½
Red/orange	c-eq/wk	1	3	2	6	2½	7
Dry beans and peas^c	c-eq/wk	1	½	3	2	3½	2½
Starchy	c-eq/wk	2½	3½	6	6	7	7
Other	c-eq/wk	4½	2½	7	5	8½	5½
Grains	oz-eq/d	4½	4½	7½	7½	9	9
Whole grains	oz-eq/d	2¼	2¼	3¾	3¾	4½	4½
Other grains	oz-eq/d	2¼	2¼	3¾	3¾	4½	4½
Protein Foods ^d		3½	3½	6¼	6¼	6½	6½
Meat, poultry, eggs	oz-eq/wk		16½		29½		31
Seafood	oz-eq/wk		5		9½ ↓^e		10
Nuts, seeds, soy (oz-eq/wk)	oz-eq/wk		2½ ↑ ^e		5		5
Dairy	c-eq/d	2	2½	3	3	3	3
Oils	g/d	17	17	30	30	34	34
Limits for:
Calories for Other Uses ^f	kcal	171	105	326	315	410	380
(% of calories) ^f	%	13	8	14	14	16	15

: NOTES: c-eq = cup-equivalents; DGA = Dietary Guidelines for Americans; oz-eq = ounce-equivalents.
a: Serving equivalents for the 1,300-kcal food pattern are the average of the 1,200- and 1,400-kcal patterns.
b: Serving equivalents for the 2,300-kcal food pattern are the average of the 2,200- and 2,400-kcal patterns.
c: In the USDA food patterns, dry beans and peas are first counted toward the protein foods group until recommendations for that group are met, then are counted toward the dry beans and peas vegetable subgroup (USDA, 2015).
d: In 2005, key protein sources were categorized as “lean meats and beans,” without protein subgroups.
e: An arrow indicates that the recommended food group amount changed from 2010 to 2015–2020 by 1 unit in the specified direction. Other 2015–2020 food pattern amounts are unchanged from 2010.
f: In 2005, solid fats and added sugars were built into a “discretionary calorie allowance” instead of specific gram levels of intake. These values are shown as a comparator to “calories for other uses” from the 2015–2020 DGA, which include added sugars, alcohol, added refined starches, saturated (solid) fats, or more than the recommended amount of nutrient-dense foods.
: SOURCES: USDA/HHS, 2005, 2010, 2016.

From: 2, The WIC Program: Changes Since the Last Review and Continuing Challenges

Review of WIC Food Packages: Improving Balance and Choice: Final Report.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Committee to Review WIC Food Packages.

Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2017 May 1.

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