- Jul. 5, 2005
- Food Pyramid scheming
Anyone see the over-hyped, "new" Food Guide Pyramid?
Well, it was finally released.
vs. 
Can you say copyright issues?
Did the USDA check with Pink Floyd first? At first glance, it looks like the cover of the Dark Side of the Moon Album with about the same amount of meaning! All I can say is…..missed opportunity!
It took our leading scientists, researchers, and health specialist to come up with that?! They really need a communications person on their team. How is this supposed to guide Americans to better eating? It makes for a good abstract symbol of health, but that is about it.
If you have a powerful computer, fast Internet access, and good understanding of basic nutrition you might be able to at get through the tutorial at www.mypyramid.gov. Applying it on you own? Not likely. Individuality is suppose to be a big piece of the pyramid but the glaring missing piece for My Pyramid Plan is entering your own height and weight.
I'd really like to hear the USDA rationale for that one!
Well, it was finally released.
vs. Can you say copyright issues?
Did the USDA check with Pink Floyd first? At first glance, it looks like the cover of the Dark Side of the Moon Album with about the same amount of meaning! All I can say is…..missed opportunity!
It took our leading scientists, researchers, and health specialist to come up with that?! They really need a communications person on their team. How is this supposed to guide Americans to better eating? It makes for a good abstract symbol of health, but that is about it.
If you have a powerful computer, fast Internet access, and good understanding of basic nutrition you might be able to at get through the tutorial at www.mypyramid.gov. Applying it on you own? Not likely. Individuality is suppose to be a big piece of the pyramid but the glaring missing piece for My Pyramid Plan is entering your own height and weight.
I'd really like to hear the USDA rationale for that one!
- Posted by:
- Tara, the RD
- Category:
- Food Matters
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By Sarah Christie on 07/06/2005
Pyramid schemes were so 1990’s.
Personally, I think they should have gone with “the circle of trust”.
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By FLOYD/CLIF/FOOD Fan on 07/07/2005
“If you don’t eat yer meat, you can’t have any pudding. How can you
have any pudding if you don’t eat yer meat?”
By Nick Tompanis on 07/08/2005
Three cheers for the consistency of our government: take a SAD food pyramid and make it even worse. As Dr. Walter Willet, chairman of the Harvard School of Public Health, says, “While it is good to see the old pyramid gone, the new pyramid conveys nothing.” While the illustration promoting exercise may be a step forward, with the pyramid itself, one ought to ask, “where’s the food?” There is no text to explain the color coded vertical bars representing food groups and non-food groups. Despite our vast increase in knowledge concerning healthful nutrition since the first pyramid in 1992, OUR government has created a new food pyramid that conveys none of this knowledge such as the importance of omega-3 fats and the dangers of trans fats and highly processed carbs. If few Americans followed the recommendations of the old pyramid which illustrated specific types of foods, just how many folks does our government think would be willing to spend time on the Internet for nutritional health?
By ason on 10/24/2005
their food pyramid wouldnt be so n00bish if they included the l33tn3ss of mojo bar within the pyramid.
the only thing their pyramid is good for, would be having Q-bert jump up and down it. *meh*
^o^
By Lindsay Steiner on 01/03/2010
I completely agree that USDA fell short in their MyPyramid redeisgn. I actually create an iTunes application called My Family Food in order to use the new pyramid in a meaningful way and track my 2 young children’s food intake for food groups plus Omega 3 fatty acids. Its unfortunate that USDA refuses to make any statements that step on the toes of any agricultural or food production groups. They end up saying nothing.