April 20, 2005

Food pyramid

I still haven't been able to get my personal food pyramid based on the new USDA guidelines. I suppose it is good that enough people are interested that the web server can't handle the load. A column on washingtonpost.com quotes a boatload of people who are concerned that using the Internet as the main means of supplying the information means missing a good chunk of the population who need this information, though. I assumed there'd be a big public education campaign to follow, but I guess I'm naive.

I'm sure fast food places will have it on tray liners eventually.

Posted by Nic at April 20, 2005 04:50 PM
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MY personal food pyramid will include chili dogs. I'm just saying.

Posted by: RP at April 20, 2005 05:10 PM

Mine too. They're just veggie versions ;-)

Posted by: nic at April 20, 2005 07:21 PM

Ain't common ground just grand?

Posted by: RP at April 20, 2005 08:32 PM

The article in the Baltimore Sun also contained a quote about how the graphic of the person walking up the stairs on the side of the pyramid implied that walking up the stairs once a day was enough exercise to burn off a lot of calories. The next sentence said how many miles a person would have to run to burn off a caramel mocha from Starbucks.

Posted by: Karen at April 21, 2005 08:59 AM

How many miles was it, Karen?

Posted by: Victor at April 21, 2005 06:22 PM
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