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Science Friday > Archives > 2003 > January
> January 3, 2003:
Hour Two: Food Pyramid
Is it time to retire the Food Guide Pyramid? The controversial icon
is just ten years old -- but we've learned a lot about nutrition in
the past decade. Some recent research indicates that the pyramid,
well known to schoolchildren across the country, may not be a very
good guide to good eating.
In this hour of Science Friday, Ira talks with nutrition experts
and a prominent graphic designer about healthy eating -- and the best
way to represent healthy food choices in a graphical form.
above: USDA Food Guide Pyramid. Image courtesy USDA. (larger
view)
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above: Walter Willett's Healthy Eating Pyramid. From EAT, DRINK,
AND BE HEALTHY by Walter C. Willett, MD, Copyright Simon & Schuster
2001.
(larger
view)
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Call in with your questions and comments at 1-800-989-8255, and share
your opinions online in our Listeners' Lounge (registration required)
Guests:
Marion Nestle, Ph.D., MPH
Author, "Food
Politics"
Professor and Chair, Department
of Nutrition and Food Studies
New York University
New York, New York
Walter Willett, M.D.
Author, "Eat,
Drink, and Be Healthy"
Chairman, Department
of Nutrition
Harvard School of Public Health
Professor of Medicine, Harvard
Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Stephen Doyle
Principal and Creative Director
Doyle Partners
New York, New York
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
Food
Guide Pyramid
Ethnic/Cultural
and Special Audience Food Guide Pyramids
Comparison of International Food Guide Pictorial Representations
HPH
NOW, August 24, 2001, Nutrition Book Author Willett Rebuilds USDA
Food Pyramid
New
Alternative to USDA Dietary Guidelines Nearly Twice as Effective in
Reducing Risk for Major Chronic Disease
nurseshealthstudy.org
National
Nutrition Summit
AIGA-Wisconsin
This segment produced by Erica
Ilton
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