Question

The Food Guide Pyramid is a guideline created by the US Department of Agriculture to encourage Americans to make healthy choices and to eat a balanced diet. How does the Food Pyramid accomplish these goals? Do you think the Food Guide Pyramid is effective? Why or why not?
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Answer 1

Maybe discuss how....

They displayed what food groups to eat, examples of foods in that group, and the recommened portions to help persuade consumers to make wise descisions to meet the daily reccomended requirements

Breaking down types of food into different catergories helped consumers choose different categories creating a balanced diet (i.e knowing how to portion out the daily serving of fruit and the daily serving of protein, if that makes sense)

Pointing out how fats and sugars are not good and should only be consumed in moderate amounts

So on and so forth.
Personally I think it is effective, but consider the different componenents of the food pyramid and reflect upon that in your reasoning.