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Article: Let the pyramid guide your food choices: Capturing the total diet concept
- Article from:
- The Journal of Nutrition
- Article date:
- February 1, 2001
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CopyrightCopyright American Institute of Nutrition Feb 2001. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Let the Pyramid Guide Your Food Choices: Capturing the Total Diet Concept1
ABSTRACT This paper discusses how the guideline "Eat a variety of foods" became "Let the Pyramid guide your food choices," presents background information on the food guidance system upon which the Food Guide Pyramid is based and reviews methods that have been used to assess aspects of the total diet, i.e., the variety, moderation and proportionality, promoted by this guidance. The methods include measures of dietary variety, patterns based on Pyramid food group intakes and scoring methods comprised of multiple dietary components. Highlights of results from these methods include the following. Although approximately ...