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Article: Americans Urged to Cut Calories, Exercise
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LIBBY QUAID, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
01-13-2005
Dateline: WASHINGTON
The familiar food pyramid will be updated for the first time since its creation 12 years ago. (AP Graphic)
Eat less. Exercise 30 to 90 minutes a day. "It is not too hard," the health secretary insisted Wednesday in issuing new federal dietary guidelines that also urge people to eat more whole grains, fruits and vegetables and stick to fat-free or lowfat milk.
The guidelines bring the government one step closer to revising the familiar food pyramid, which in the next two months will be updated for the first time since its creation 12 years ago.
The question is whether people will follow the advice. Most people know ...