If you grew up in the '90s, you remember the Food Pyramid. It's now outdated, but why hasn't the USDA provided better health ...

Discover the surprising history of the USDA's nutritional guidelines—from humble beginnings to the infamous food pyramid ...

Did Americans of all economic levels have better choices in the ’50s than now? Did the supposed “food desert” problem get worse? When Nina Teicholz wrote her book The Big Fat Surprise ...

Researchers at Tufts' Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) have published an updated food guide pyramid for aging adults, which includes a graphic illustration to build on a previous ...

The body constantly loses water throughout the day and it must be replaced to prevent dehydration. Water dilutes toxic wastes in the body and transports fuel to the working tissues. It also regulates ...

In biology the relationship of what eats what and how energy passes through an ecosystem is called a food chain. Pyramids can help give us an overall picture of a particular food chain.