The Wizard of Oz-style food pyramid came out in 2005. It's the same basic structure as the previous one where it's like a triangle with foods, but instead of the layers going across the triangle, they're going up and down. There were continued concerns about the industry influence because honestly, I think if the industry could have designed a pyramid shape in 1991, this probably would have been the shape they would have designed.
In the 1990s, the Food Pyramid was one of the most recognizable symbols in nutrition education. But where did it come from? Why was it created by the agriculture department? And why did it tell us to eat a whole loaf of bread every day?
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