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Article: Food Guide Pyramid
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Food Guide Pyramid
The Food Guide Pyramid is a graphic representation of
A Pattern for Daily Food Choices,
a food guide that was developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the 1980s. Food guides are tools designed to help people select healthful diets. The USDA has been developing food guides since 1916, and recommendations have changed over the years due to emerging knowledge about
nutrient
needs and the relationships between
diet
and health, changing economic conditions (such as the Great Depression in the 1930s), and changing lifestyles.
A Pattern for Daily Food Choices
replaced the
Basic Four
food guide which was the centerpiece of
nutrition
education in the ...