Building A Better Pyramid for Good Health

October 22nd, 2006

The USDA’s MyPyramid, the healthy eating tool which replaces the outdated and flawed Food Guide Pyramid, has been criticized for being too confusing at best and void of information to help people make informed choices about their diet at worst.

As an alternative to the USDA’s pyramid, faculty members in the Harvard School of Public Health built the Healthy Eating Pyramid. According to its website, “The Healthy Eating Pyramid takes into consideration, and puts into perspective, the wealth of research conducted during the last ten years that has reshaped the definition of healthy eating. This new pyramid fixes fundamental flaws in the USDA pyramid and offers sound information to help people make better choices about what to eat.” The pyramid’s base is comprised of daily exercise and weight control, two key elements for good health.

Entry Filed under: Healthy Lifestyle Research, Weight Loss, Making Choices