1943-55 Basic 7 Food Guide

The Food Wheel

1979 Food Groups

• Food producers objected because it displayed the dairy & meat groups below the fruit, vegetable, & grain & close to the “eat less” category of fats, sweets, & alcohol

1991 USDA Eating Right Food Pyramid

The USDA blocked publication under pressure from meat & dairy groups objecting to the position in the hierarchy

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A Proposed Alternative

Meat & dairy producers preferred a bowl design over a pyramid because they thought the bowl shape suggested greater equivalence among food groups

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2005 My Pyramid

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1995 Food Consumption Pyramid

This pyramid compares the average number of servings consumed per day to the recommended servings