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Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance Backgrounder for Revision of Food Guide Pyramid Sept. 10, 2003

In 2000, USDA initiated a comprehensive reassessment of the Food Guide Pyramid (FGP), which was originally released in 1992. USDA has provided food guidance to the American public for over 100 years, and the Pyramid is the current graphic representation of this guidance.

09/10/2003
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