title: [The food pyramid battle].
abstract: Two hundred years after Napoleon, nutritionists of the world are fighting against each other in front of the pyramids. In 1995, the USAD (US Agriculture Department) started the battle by publishing "new food recommendations" that should not be confounded with the recommended dietary allowances (RDA). The food choices proposed by the USAD aimed at improving the health of the general population and avoiding chronic diseases. Implicitly these proposals should also meet the RDA. In order to reach its target, the Committee has proposed two pre-requisites: to balance food consumption and energy expenditure and therefore control body weight and to eat among various food items.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Nutrition-Diététique, U.L.B.
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brasseur
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D001835:Body Weight; D002149:Energy Intake; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005518:Food Preferences; D006801:Humans; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D014481:United States; D016885:United States Department of Agriculture