The computer game is a part of the Food Pyramid for kids, unveiled Wednesday as a new version of the government's guide to eating right for children 6 to 11 years old.

Brazil has been using a translated version of the classic (and much-maligned) USDA Food Pyramid since 1999. “As an icon, it has a lot of problems,” explains Furtado.

The computer game is a part of the Food Pyramid for kids, unveiled Wednesday as a new version of the government's guide to eating right for children 6 to 11 years old.

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 It's now outdated, but why hasn't the USDA provided better health ...

Wearing their milk mustaches proudly, Andrianna Alex and her little brother Aaron Henderson were among those students at Jane Addams Elementary School who learned a lesson about the food pyramid.

The nearly 20-year-old food pyramid will soon give way to a new symbol. Speculation is it will be a dinner plate with sections representing the most important food groups.

Hidden behind the curtain are a variety of food industry cronies who 'helped' shape the pyramid and the plate. Beef alone is a $95 billion-a-year business, according to the USDA.

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The Old Food Pyramid THE USE OF IMAGES to promote dietary advice goes back nearly a century in the U.S. The recommendations embodied in the 1992 pyramid were widely adopted, and the image became ...