WASHINGTON – The government on Tuesday discarded its one-size-fits-all food pyramid in favor of 12 different triangle-shaped guides, each geared to people's differing lifestyles and nutritional ...

The government agrees that the food pyramid wasn't detailed enough. Eric Hentges, head of Nutrition Policy for the Department of Agriculture, says another problem is that most of us eat much ...

Johanns said the 1992 pyramid had “become quite familiar, but few Americans follow the recommendations.” He said that knowledge about nutrition and food consumption patterns has grown ...

It's the diet industry ``smackdown.'' In one corner stand the high-carb, low-fat legions, those who will eat a plate of pasta but, please, no butter and oil. In the other are those who will gorge ...

The familiar Food Guide Pyramid just got an overhaul in the form of a plate. The old pyramid format, while pretty and colorful, was confusing with its jumble of food groups. The USDA recently ...

The pyramid, which features vertical, colored bands symbolizing the various food groups, is based on the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, released in January. Ann Bradley Most Popular Stories ...