A brief history of the food pyramid – and its many false starts

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   first The Conversation Global - Public Health topic UK indie

   A brief history of the food pyramid – and its many false starts

   Josep Suria/Shutterstock.com The food pyramid has made an unlikely comeback. In January 2026, the US government unveiled an upside-down version, giving prominence to foods such as red meat and full-fat dairy. More recently, an international team of researchers, led by Brigham Young University in…

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   Medical Xpress indie

   A brief history of the food pyramid—and its many false starts

   The food pyramid has made an unlikely comeback. In January 2026, the U.S. government unveiled an upside-down version, giving prominence to foods such as red meat and full-fat dairy.

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