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The food pyramid first evolved in Sweden in the 1970s and was adapted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1992. The USDA revised it in 2005 to create what it called MyPyramid, which was replaced by MyPlate in 2011.
The USDA food pyramid was created in 1992 and divided into six horizontal sections containing depictions of foods from each section's food group. It was updated in 2005 with black and white vertical wedges replacing the horizontal sections and renamed MyPyramid .
The very first “food pyramid” was a Swedish invention and it was an invention of necessity more than anything else. Back in 1970s, Sweden saw its country gripped by high food prices. The government then tasked The Socialstyrelsen (National Board of Health and Welfare) with coming up with a way to help the situation.
The first food pyramid was created by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare in 1972. The country was experiencing rising food prices, and the government introduced the pyramid as a way to help citizens make healthy food choices that were affordable as well.
In 1974, the first food pyramid was presented to the public with the following message: “A good, healthy diet at a reasonable price”. This pyramid was made up of 3 parts: The base included basic foodstuffs considered essential to the individual’s wellbeing: cereals, dairy products, pasta and potatoes.
The history of USDA food guidelines stretches back more than 100 years. Our article covers the main highlights, such as the Basic Seven and the food pyramid.
In 1968, Senator George McGovern was deeply moved by a television documentary on starvation in America. McGovern promptly went to work in Congress to abolish hunger in the United States, and he was named Chairman of the Senate Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs.
It replaced the food pyramid with a barebones image of a plate and a cup, divided into five differently-portioned food groups: fruits, vegetables, protein, dairy, and grains.
A brief history of the Pyramid. Nutrition Australia first introduced the Healthy Eating Pyramid in 1980, based on a ‘more to less’ concept developed in Sweden in the 1970s. It was designed as a simple, conceptual model for people to use as an introduction to adequate nutrition.
The original pyramid, developed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), consisted of six food groups arranged in a pyramid shape, with the largest group at the bottom and the smallest group at the top.