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Food Guide Pyramid: A Guide to Daily Food Choices

  • 1992

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Description

In 1992 the USDA published its first food pyramid – a graphic illustration designed to convey the principles of a healthy diet in an easy-to-understand visual diagram.

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This primary source comes from the Records of the Food and Nutrition Service.

National Archives Identifier: 5710010

Full Citation: Poster 462-CNP-1; Food Guide Pyramid: A Guide to Daily Food Choices; 1992; Posters Providing Food and Nutrition Guidelines, 1996 – 2006; Records of the Food and Nutrition Service, Record Group 462; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/food-guide-pyramid/, January 25, 2026]

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