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1980

While the USDA hadn’t quite discovered the pyramid approach just yet, the Food Wheel of the 1980’s provided a launching point.

1988

In 1988, several USDA scientists obtained copies of Sweden’s food pyramid at an international conference, and used it as a graphical basis for a new guideline in the US. (Not a smart move, since Sweden’s heart disease death rate is even higher than the US rate).

2011

The pyramid shape was eventually replaced in 2011 by a round shape symbolising a plate, so that Americans could easily see what proportion of each food group should be on their table every day.

2018

The latest development in the USDA Food Pyramid history has seen the pyramid dismantled in favor of the new and "easier" to understand USDA "My Plate." At last check in January 2018, the same bad dietary advice is still being offered.

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