- MyPyramid.gov
- Official U.S.D.A. web site featuring information on the new food pyramid, its 12 models geared to different people, online tools, and dietary guidelines. - Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating
- Nutritional recommendations from Health Canada. - Consumer Information Center: The Food Guide Pyramid
- Online brochure from the USDA that explains the Food Pyramid and how people can use it. - Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
- Full text of the U.S. government report published every 5 years, with sections on weight management, physical activity, fats, carbohydrates, sodium, alcohol, food safety, and eating patterns. - Food Guide Pyramid
- Outline of what foods to eat each day based on dietary guidelines set by the USDA. - Harvard School of Public Health: Food Pyramids
- Examines the science and politics behind the USDA Food Guide Pyramid and provides information about the alternative Healthy Eating Pyramid. - KidsHealth: The Food Guide Pyramid
- Overview of the groups of foods that make up a good diet, for kids. - LifeClinic: Food Pyramid
- Offers the USDA food pyramid and advice how to use it as a general guide for making healthy food choices. - MyPyramid for Kids
- Fun projects, games, and classroom materials for young children to help them understand and track their food choices. - MyPyramid.gov: Inside the Pyramid
- Intereactive description of different topics in the new food pyramid, including grains, vegetables, fruits, milk, meat and beans, oils, discretionary calories, and physical activity. - Oldways: Healthy Eating Pyramids & Other Tools
- Collection of dietary guides based on the Asian, Latin, and Mediterranean diets, organised in food pyramid form as healthy alternatives to USDA recommendations. - Scientific American: Rebuilding the Food Pyramid
- January 2003 article examining the development of the original USDA food pyramid, its shortcomings, and efforts to improve it.
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