Steven E. Nissen and Nina Teicholz write about the food pyramid scheme: The feds’ dietary guide is based on dubious science—and now Congress wants an impartial review.

The New Food Pyramid THE 2005 PYRAMID provided a unique opportunity to draw on more than a dozen years of advances in nutritional science. Although the new pyramid improved on the 1992 version in ...

Food Pyramid Needs A Makeover. July 13, 2004 / 5:45 AM EDT / CBS/AP Most Americans are familiar with the federal Food Guide Pyramid - but a lot of people don't understand how to use it.

America's food pyramid is getting an overhaul -- due in part to new information about nutrition -- and new questions about how to convince people to eat right. Join NPR's Neal Conan and guests to ...

It was the best science at the time, and they didn't understand that not all carbohydrates were created equal," he says. And now, the government is about to shake up the old food pyramid.

Recent health and food studies, and new information about the pyramid’s design, render the federal nutrition policy a joke. But the impact isn’t funny — and might even be fatal for many ...

Farewell, food pyramid. Government officials are getting ready to dish out nutritional advice to the nation on a more appetizing platter. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expected to unveil a ...

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.

Most Americans are familiar with the "food pyramid" — a diagram developed by the United States Department of Agriculture and touted as a tool for helping people track their food intake.The USDA ...

Science journalist and author Nina Teicholz joins 'Jesse Watters Primteime' to discuss reports big food has been 'buying' off scientists to recommend 'profitable' foods in new food pyramid.