Someday, the USDA Food Pyramid will be a core case study in disaster for design students. The New York Times reports that the administration is reversing the incomprehensible 2005 decision to ...

If you don't remember those handy posters of the food pyramid from grade school, let us jog your memory. The U.S. Dietary Guidelines provide "advice on what to eat and drink to meet nutrient needs ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced upcoming changes to school lunches, emphasizing simple, ...

Published by USDA in 1992, the original food guide pyramid became an iconic educational tool. Breads, cereals, rice and pasta formed the base of the original pyramid.

Major highlights of the new food plate: Simple design: Instead of a multi-coloured pyramid, the U.S. is now using a simple image of a plate to show Americans what the makeup of their diet should be.

If you were educated in the United States, up until last week you associated healthy food guidelines with the USDA (US Department of Agriculture) Pyramid. Seriously, the food pyramid has been an ...

Alison Perelman, The Pyramid Scheme: Visual Metaphors and the USDA's Pyramid Food Guides, Design Issues, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Summer 2011), pp. 60-71 ...