The food pyramid was designed to offer an easy-to-understand look at healthy eating, but for the average person it's too simplistic, vague, and someti ...

USDA began offering nutritional advice in 1894. We had 12 food groups in the 1930s, seven in the 1940s, four in the 1950s, then a pyramid and now a plate ...

For the past 40 years, the food pyramid has stood as the government's menu of what we should eat, and how much of it. But did Uncle Sam get it wrong? Feb. 20, 2004, 7:56 PM EST / Source : NBC News ...

Another problem with the food pyramid was the absence of any guidance on portion size for each food group. People likely overestimated what a correct portion of food looked like and over-ate.

The Food Guide Pyramid is an American icon. At the base are breads, cereal and pasta -- up to 11 servings a day. Veggies and fruits are next, with two-to-five servings.

The current food pyramid in Ireland was published in December 2016. When such a pyramid is projected on a piece of paper (or a screen) it looks like a triangle with several shelves.

Living; Food pyramid retirement: Stay out of my diet, commenters say. Updated: ; Jun. 03, 2011, 9:09 p.m. | Published: Jun. 03, 2011, 8:09 p.m. Published: Jun. 03 ...