Department of Agriculture killing the food pyramid

The food pyramid is a “failed icon,” according to Tony Geraci, former food service director for Baltimore City Schools and consultant for the Got Breakfast Foundation. He says that kids never really got it. But now, the USDA and the federal government are getting serious about fighting obesity and helping people eat healthy. Dismantling the food pyramid one of the steps they’re taking.

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