Friday, April 22, 2005

Nation's Leading Food and Nutrition Science Organizations Embrace Concepts behind 'MyPyramid'

CHICAGO, April 20 /U.S. Newswire

The Food and Nutrition Science Alliance, consisting of seven of the nation's leading food and nutrition science organizations, commends the collaborative effort of the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services to provide solid guidance to Americans on how they can balance food intake and physical activity.

These federal agencies recently released "MyPyramid," a new set of tools for consumers to help them implement the key concepts in the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

The addition of a physical activity icon to the food guidance system symbol emphasizes the importance of energy balance, or the balance between calories in and calories out. The new guidance system provides tools that Americans can use to help choose within food groups as well as among the groups. The "MyPyramid" Web site at www.mypyramid.gov provides additional information about how to create a pyramid and a food plan that is personalized to the individual.

Fantastic! There's simply no way one can achieve healthy weight loss/fitness without the output component. - YY

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