The Agriculture Department's old triangle was replaced by 12 new ones, each tailored to a different lifestyle or nutritional need.

After four years of work and $2.4 million in spending, the U.S. government ripped the lid of secrecy Tuesday off its new symbol for healthy eating. Replacing the beloved but ignored food pyramid ...

The 1992 pyramid had food groups arranged in horizontal layers, with the foods that should be eaten more frequently along the bottom.

Let me explain why the food pyramid doesn’t work – and how you can eat better for real results and lasting health.

Getting people to apply the proposed principals will be a challenge. While about 80 percent of people know about the current pyramid, less than 5 percent follow its suggestions, Hentges said.

Details on the pyramid’s Web site are sparse, with only this description of the project: “Part public art, part educational, and part ‘we are fed up and mad as hell’, the junk food pyramid ...