- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The associate director of the UC Berkeley Center for Weight and Health, Gail Woodward-Lopez, said USDA's new food icon, MyPlate, is more in line with current nutrition science, according to The Bay Citizen.
"It has the potential to be more effective," Woodward-Lopez was quoted. "The pyramid involved counting the number of servings for the day. So when do you make that decision? When you go to bed at night?"
She said the plate in consistent with the Center's...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The USDA will introduce America to a new "food icon" tomorrow during a national online press conference, the agency has announced. The New York Times reported over the weekend that MyPyramid (right) will be replaced by a simple, plate-shaped symbol, cut into four wedges - one for fruit, one vegetables, one whole grains and one protein. A small circle on the side will represent dairy.
The article said the Times sourced its information from "several people who have been briefed on the change." It reported that USDA spent about $2 million to develop and promote the new logo, conduct...
