Development of a dietary index based on the Brazilian Cardioprotective Nutritional Program (BALANCE)

Nutrition Journal

Table 1 BALANCE recommendation of servings per day in each food group according to the energy-level^a

	Number of servings per day
BALANCE food groups	1400	1600	1800	2000	2200	2400
	Kcal	Kcal	Kcal	Kcal	Kcal	Kcal
Green (vegetables, fruits, beans and legumes, low-fat milk)	9	11	11	12	14	16
Yellow (rice, bread, pasta, oats, couscous, nuts, vegetable oil)	6	7	9	10	11	13
Blue (meat, fish, cheese, eggs)	2	2	3	3	4	4
Red (ultra-processed foods)	0	0	0	0	0	0

BALANCE = Brazilian Cardioprotective Nutritional Program
^aThis content was published in the BALANCE research protocol, is reproduced with permission and available on request from the authors [14]

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