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Dietary Guidelines for Americans: Media

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“Eat real food”
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans released an inverted food pyramid graphic...
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Foods: Nutritive Value and Cost (1894)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's first dietary guideline for Americans, Foods:...
Wellcome Collection, London
Food for Young Children (1917)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture published Food for Young Children (Farmers'...
National Archives, Washington, D.C. (5709999)
How to Select Foods: I. What the Body Needs (1917)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture published How to Select Foods: I. What the...
USDA
Diets at Four Levels of Nutritive Content and Cost (1933)
In 1933 the U.S. Department of Agriculture published Diets at Four Levels of...
USDA National Agricultural Library
Eat the Basic 7 every day!
This World War II-era poster, released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1943,...
National Archives, Washington, D.C. (514288)
“Eat a lunch that packs a punch!”
This wartime poster, released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1943, highlights...
National Archives, Washington, D.C. (514199)
Food for Fitness: A Daily Food Guide (1977)
Pages from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food for Fitness: A Daily Food...
USDA National Agricultural Library
The Hassle-Free Guide to a Better Diet (1980)
A page from a 1980 U.S. Department of Agriculture leaflet.
USDA National Agricultural Library
“Food Wheel: A Pattern for Daily Food Choices” (1984)
A collaboration between the American Red Cross and the U.S. Department of Agriculture,...
USDA/American Red Cross
“Food Guide Pyramid” (1992)
Possibly the most recognizable of the visual guides provided by the Dietary Guidelines...
National Archives, Washington, D.C. (5710010)
“MyPyramid: Steps to a Healthier You” (2005)
Introduced in 2005, this visual aid added an individual climbing stairs to emphasize...
USDA
ChooseMyPlate (2011)
A visual representation of food proportions, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
MyPlate (2020)
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans continued to use the MyPlate graphic...
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