Food pyramid (nutrition)
Anna-Britt Agnsäter, chief of the test kitchen for Kooperativa Förbundet (a cooperative Swedish retail chain), held a lecture the next year on how to illustrate these food groups.
Agnsäter developed the idea into the first food pyramid, which was introduced to the public in 1974 in KF's Vi magazine.
The pyramid competed with the National Board's "dietary circle", which KF saw as problematic for resembling a cake divided into seven slices, and for not indicating how much of each food should be eaten.
Food pyramids were developed in other Scandinavian countries, as well as West Germany, Japan and Sri Lanka.
The World Health Organization, in conjunction with the Food and Agriculture Organization, published guidelines that can be effectively represented in a food pyramid relating to objectives in order to prevent obesity, improper nutrition, chronic diseases and dental caries based on meta-analysis [8][9] though they represent it as a table rather than as a "pyramid".
For the same amount of calories, free sugars take up less volume and weight, being refined and extracted from the competing carbohydrates in their natural form.
The representation as a pyramid is not precise, and involves variations due to the alternative percentages of different elements, but the main sections can be represented.
Complex carbohydrates also provide dietary fiber, which supports digestive health and lowers the risk of heart disease.
[12] More recently, evidence is mounting that dairy products have greater levels of negative effects on health than previously thought and confer fewer benefits.
Overall, the majority of research suggests that dairy has some beneficial effects on bone health, in part because of milk's other nutrients.
The category of meats, poultry, and fish include beef, chicken, pork, salmon, tuna, shrimp, and eggs.
These foods include salad dressings, oils, cream, butter, margarine, sugars, soft drinks, candies, and sweet desserts.
Certain dietary choices that have been linked to heart disease, such as an 8 oz (230 g) serving of hamburger daily, were technically permitted under the pyramid.
The pyramid also lacked differentiation within the protein-rich group ("Meat, Poultry, Fish, Dry Beans, Eggs, and Nuts").
[17][18][19][20][21] In April 1991, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) halted publication of its Eating Right Pyramid, due to objections raised by meat and dairy lobbying groups concerning the guide’s display of their products.
Despite the USDA’s explanations that the guide required further research and testing, it was not until one year later—after its content was supported by additional research—that the Eating Right Pyramid was officially released.
Joel Fuhrman says in his book Eat to Live that U.S. taxpayers must contribute $20 billion on price supports to artificially reduce the price of cattle feed to benefit the dairy, beef and veal industries, and then pay the medical bills for an overweight population.
"[41] MyPlate is the current nutrition guide published by the United States Department of Agriculture, depicting a place setting with a plate and glass divided into five food groups.
