Writing in USA Today, Heather Terwilliger explains how the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has released a free interactive program to help them make food choices. In Terwilliger's article titled "Personal pyramid planner builds menus to your design: Design nutrition, calorie specifics as you like it," appearing in USA Today March 27 2008 p. 4D, she describes how the planner helps to regulate consumption of different food groups to reach nutritional goals.
Follow this link to go to the Department of Agriculture MyPyramid Menu Planner site. The USA Today article quotes Brian Wansink, director of the nutrition center, as follows:
"You can take all the host of calorie counters in the world . . . they'll tell you how many calories you ate; they're not going to tell you whether you're eating a balanced diet or not."
On an encouraging note, the article suggests that the planner:
"assesses how balanced a person's eating habits are and offers tips for small changes that could tip the scales in a healthier direction."
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