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Pyramid tailor-made for your health

“The USDA’s familiar food pyramid, the symbol of a healthy diet for more than a decade, has gotten its own Web site and a long overdue facelift. Instead of featuring examples of foods from all five food groups, the new pyramid unveiled Tuesday has been streamlined with color-coded vertical bands representing each food group plus oils. And to emphasize the need to combine exercise with diet, there’s a figure of a person climbing steps up the side of the pyramid and a new slogan, ‘Steps to a Healthier You.'”