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Dietary Guidelines Quiz

Find out how much you know about the newest dietary guidelines and how they differ from the old food pyramid.

Nutrition Tools: Labels, Portions and Pyramids
Take a Bite Out of Portion Distortion

Feeling stuffed? Maybe it's time to say no to super-sizing and yes to minimizing. In a super-sized world, we don't know how much we should eat when too much is put in front of us.

Give Your Diet a Nutritional Tuneup

Between spending long days at work and evenings and weekends attending to personal and family concerns, few Americans have time to eat right. But you don't have to remodel your diet to improve its healthfulness.

Understanding the Latest Diet, Nutrition News

Does a low-fat diet protect against heart disease? Will taking calcium supplements help reduce the risk for osteoporosis?

Nutrition Glossary

Whether you’re trying to maintain a healthy weight or lose a few pounds, knowing the definitions of terms relating to diet and exercise can help you make good choices.

Food Pyramid Now Tailored to You

Many of us used the old Food Pyramid for years to help make sure we were following a balanced diet. Its replacement, called My Pyramid, was introduced in 2005, along with updated dietary and exercise guidelines.