Cereal box readers likely recognize the Food Guide Pyramid, a graphic designed by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) as an easy-to-follow guide to healthy eating. The pyramid's designers thought ...

If you grew up in the '90s, you remember the Food Pyramid. It's now outdated, but why hasn't the USDA provided better health ...

Hot on the heels of new Recommended Daily Allowances comes a new Food Pyramid. Phil ‘The Food Pharoah’ Lempert offers a 101. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) unveiled its new “food ...

Lichtenstein and her team developed a food-pyramid image for the elderly in 1999 that was similar to the graphic version put out last month. But the 1999 model lacked certain features, like the images ...

Most Americans are familiar with the "food pyramid" — a diagram developed by the United States Department of Agriculture and touted as a tool for helping people track their food intake.The USDA ...

When moving from the food pyramid, the USDA made fruits and vegetables half of the new MyPlate guide which represents the amounts of the four food groups each meal should contain.

The pyramid broke down how much of our daily diets should be comprised of bread, fruit, vegetables, meat, dairy and fats. It put bread, cereal, rice and pasta at the base, recommending six to 11 ...

From pyramid to plate, the nation’s food icon has received a face-lift. The new MyPlate graphic promises to be more user-friendly and is paired with online tools and resources to help Americans ...