the 1992 usda food pyramid the united states department of agriculture is known widely for its food...
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Anthropology of FoodUniversity of Minnesota Duluth
Tim Roufs©2009-2010
The USDAFood Guide Pyramid
The 1992 USDA food pyramid
The 1992 USDA food pyramid
the United StatesDepartment of Agriculture
is known widelyfor its “food guide pyramid” . . .
one of the most recognized logos in the world
The 1992 USDA food guide pyramid
The 1992 USDA food guide pyramid
this is the old (1992) version
Carol A. Bryant, Kathleen M. DeWalt, Anita Courtney and Jeffrey Schwartz
The Cultural Feast:An Introduction to Food and Society, 2nd Ed.
Belmont, CA: Thompson Wadsworth, 2003
the old (1992) version is on p. 82
A comparison of the USDA Food Guide Pyramid and Vegetarian Food Guide Pyramid
this is the old (1992) version
The Cultural Feast, 2nd Ed., p. 82
The current USDA food guide pyramid
this is the current version
The current USDA food guide pyramid
food guide pyramids come in
all cuisinesand all sizes and
shapes . . .
Mexican Food Guide Pyramidwww.semda.org/info/images/July99_new.gif
Japanese Food Guide Pyramidhttp://www.ethnicfoodsco.com/Japan/JapaneseFoodPyramid.htm
Asian Diet Food Guide Pyramid
A vegan version of the food guide pyramid
The current USDA food pyramid
but lots of places have alternate food guide pyramids that they follow . . .
July 19, 2009
http://www.ceche.org/mol/Spring-05/inside.html
Inflatable USDA Food Guide Pyramidwww.ethnicfoodsco.com/Japan/JapaneseFoodPyramid.htm
Inflatable USDA Food Guide Pyramidwww.ethnicfoodsco.com/Japan/JapaneseFoodPyramid.htm
but in one way or another . . .
Inflatable USDA Food Guide Pyramidwww.ethnicfoodsco.com/Japan/JapaneseFoodPyramid.htm
they are all “associated” with . . .
the USDA whose job it is
to promoteU.S.
agriculture
Marion Nestle
Food Politics: How the Food Industry
Influences Nutrition and Health
University of California Press 2007
Marion Nestle provides one of the best discussions — perhaps THE best discussion—
of the Food Guide Pyramid, and of the USDA(including the politics of the pyramid)