Transcript Politics vs. Science Opposing the Food Pyramid 1991-1992

Politics vs. Science
Opposing the Food Pyramid
1991-1992
Basic 4
Food
Guide
REF:http://www.nal.usda.gov
/fnic/history/pat.htm
1977 Farm Bill (Public Law 95113) passed, giving USDA
responsibility for a wide range of
nutrition activities shared with
DHEW (Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare)
including dietary advice to the
public.
USDA’s Human Nutrition
Information Service (HNIS)
developed nutritional guidelines
& by 1984 developed the Food
Wheel.
Pyramid’s demise and its larger significance for the
USDA’s and the government’s favoritism to
corporate interests was publicized repeatedly.
The staircase and stick
figure represents the
importance of exercise
ORANGE represents
GRAINS
GREEN represents
VEGETABLES
RED stands for FRUITS,
YELLOW strip are OILS
BLUE stands for MILK
PURPLE for MEAT and
BEANS
REF:http://www.mypyra
mid.gov/
The NEW Food Pyramid