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Published online 20 April 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050418-7

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US tarts up food pyramid

Diagram for dietary advice now includes exercise.

The US Department of Agriculture has released an interactive pyramid symbol to encapsulate their current advice on healthy diet.

The icon, which replaces a food pyramid from 1992, aims to be more flexible than its predecessor.

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