The Food Pyramid: Your Take-Home Message Right Now If, in fact, there is one new message today's pyramid is shouting the loudest, it's that we should not view a healthy diet in terms of food alone.

After four years of work and $2.4 million in spending, the U.S. government ripped the lid of secrecy Tuesday off its new symbol for healthy eating. Replacing the beloved but ignored food pyramid ...

The New Food Pyramid. This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct ...

Food Pyramid Gets New Look. Exercise Component, Serving Sizes Added. April 19, 2005. By Sally Squires. For the first time since it introduced the Food Guide Pyramid in 1992, the federal government ...

New symbol of good nutrition is dinner plate. June 2, 2011— -- The food pyramid that represented a healthy diet for almost 20 years now gives way to a food plate, the U.S. Department of ...

The nearly 20-year-old food pyramid will soon give way to a new symbol. Speculation is it will be a dinner plate with sections representing the most important food groups.

The current pyramid bases food portions on three levels ranging from 1,600 to 2,800 calories. 'If people could actually know what a serving was and could translate that, they would realize the ...

The new food icon replaced the food pyramid icon. Susan Walsh/AP. A sample plate of the new food icon My Plat, is unveiled at the Agriculture Department in Washington, Thursday, June 2, 2011.

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 ...

The new pyramid also includes a figure walking up steps to remind us that exercise is an important component to health and nutrition. For more on the new Food Guide Pyramid — as well as guidance ...

A makeover for the food pyramid — that triangle-shaped guide to better eating — might renew interest in healthy habits, but officials say it likely will take time to make a difference for ...