I disagree with this heavily, because the food pyramid is also the basis of government provided school lunches, other meal provisions, hospital nutrition for th

I disagree with this heavily, because the food pyramid is also the basis of government provided school lunches, other meal provisions, hospital nutrition for the very sick (diabetic/kidney failing/heart failing), meals for soldiers, and a wide variety of other nutritional programs. It’s not about what happens when you have a choice on what to eat but what information official sources use when you are reliant on another authority for meals. Edited to add that: it’s important to know why the food pyramid was created and the context of them. Government provided nutrition guidelines were used for meal provision during the Great Depression, food rationing during war, etc. and are still largely created by the USDA which answers to agribusiness and not medicine. (There are several news articles of the USDA actively withdrawing and editing nutritional guidelines due to agribusiness outcry!)