Newsweek pyramid issue - other interesting material

[Guest guest]

In all the foo-rah about the new food pyramids, a number of things in

the same Newsweek issue (Jan 20) have been overlooked.

On page 56 (if you have it handy) is " New ideas about halting

diabetes " . See http://www.msnbc.com/news/858084.asp - neat stuff.

On page 70, a piece called " A little more willpower can change your

life " http://www.msnbc.com/news/857653.asp - heady stuff to be

published as we (in general) become a fatter and fatter nation.

Another pyramid issue - the pyramids are inconsistent in the areas

they assign to foods. It isn't clear to me whether the areas

correspond to number of servings, % of calories, importance in

including, etc. I'm beginning to think a better illustration would

be squares for each group corresponding either to number of servings,

or % of consumed calories - either one, but clearly marked.

Iris