If you grew up in the '90s, you remember the Food Pyramid. It's now outdated, but why hasn't the USDA provided better health ...

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 ...

A new study shows a decline in the nutrition of children’s cereal over the past decade, with noticeable increases in sodium ...

This, laid out by size in the pyramid, gave Americans a basic, if flawed, understanding of the ratio of meat to vegetables to grains they should be consuming. In 2005, the pyramid got a makeover.

The pyramid didn’t emphasize whole grains and so in some ways encouraged the intake of refined grains.” Another problem with the food pyramid was the absence of any guidance on portion size ...

The food pyramid was created to show people how to eat a “balanced” diet. At the bottom, it recommended eating 6 to 11 servings of grains each day – like bread, pasta, rice and cereal.

In 1992, life as we knew it changed forever. The Food Pyramid came out, showing us a food plan to which we could theoretically stick. I remember reading about it in our health book in elementary ...

About That 'Lucky Charms Are Healthier than Steak' Food Pyramid We looked for the truth behind claims that the U.S. government funded a new "food pyramid" chart that said the kids' cereal is ...

Nor does MyPlate acknowledge that vegetables, grains and dairy foods also contain protein, Nestle added. MyPlate replaced the USDA’s food pyramid, which was in use from 1992 to 2011.