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Let the pyramid guide your food choices: capturing the total diet concept
L B Dixon1, F J Cronin, S M Krebs-Smith
1Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. ld120i@nih.gov
The Journal of Nutrition
|February 13, 2001
Summary
Most Americans do not follow the Food Guide Pyramid recommendations, with only 1-3% meeting all guidelines. Dietary improvements are linked to higher education and income levels.
Area of Science:
- Nutrition Science
- Public Health
- Dietary Guidelines
Background:
- The evolution of food guidance from
- Eat a variety of foods
- to the Food Guide Pyramid.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review methods for assessing dietary variety, moderation, and proportionality.
- To evaluate adherence to the Food Guide Pyramid recommendations.
Main Methods:
- Dietary variety measures.
- Food group intake pattern analysis.
- Dietary scoring methods.
Main Results:
- Only 1-3% of the U.S. population meet all Food Guide Pyramid recommendations daily.
- Fruits are the most omitted food group; specific vegetables and whole grains are underconsumed.
- Total fat and added sugar intakes exceed recommendations; diets improve with education and income.
Conclusions:
- Current food guidance and dietary assessment methods have limitations.
- Suggestions for improving food guidance and dietary assessment are proposed.
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