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>> ERIC CURRY: WE HAVE ANOTHER EMAIL FROM A VIEWER. HE OR SHE,
WELL SHE WRITES MY HUSBAND SWEARS THAT THE OLD FASHIONED FOOD PYRAMID HAS
CHANGED. IS HE RIGHT?
>> LAURA AIKEN: YES.
>> ERIC CURRY: HOW SO?
>> LAURA AIKEN: HUSBAND WINS. I DON'T LIKE THAT.
>> ERIC CURRY: HOW SO?
>> LAURA AIKEN: DO YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN, MARY BEA?
>> MARY BEA KOLBE: OH MY, THATS ANOTHER, THAT COULD TAKE THE
REST OF THE PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, THE GUIDELINES FOR
FOOD CHANGES EVERY 10 YEARS, BECAUSE THEY LOOK AT THE NEW
SCIENCE, AND I THINK WHAT THEY DISCOVERED WAS PEOPLE WEREN'T
REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE OLD FOOD PYRAMID, SO THEY TRIED TO MAKE
IT MORE SIMPLE. IT IS STILL THIS SAME IDEAS, WHERE YOU NEED
TO HAVE MORE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, MORE WHOLE GRAINS.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE NEW ADDITIONS TO THE FOOD PYRAMID WAS TO ACTUALLY
START TO FOCUS ON WHOLE GRAINS. JUST A TINY AMOUNT OF FAT.
AND ADEQUATE PROTEIN, BUT NOT EXCESSIVE PROTEIN. SO THE
BASIC FOOD GROUPS ARE ALL STILL THERE, JUST REPACKAGED SO
MAYBE PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND IT A LITTLE BETTER. AND HOPEFULLY
THAT'S WORKING.
>> LAURIE STRADLEY: AND THERE IS ANOTHER NEW EDITION THAT I HAVE
TO SAY THAT I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SEE, AND THAT'S THAT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
MATTERS. THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY THAT YOUGET IN YOUR DAY IS REFLECTED
IN HOW MUCH YOU SHOULD EAT BECAUSE IT'S A CALORIE BALANCE. WE KEEP
TALKING ABOUT OBESITY AS ENERGY IN, ENERGY OUT, SO WE CAN'T SET
AND SAY EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY NEEDS EXACTLY FIVE
SERVINGS OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, EXACTLY FOUR SERVINGS OF CARBOHYDRATES.
SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF VARIANCE DEPENDING ON HOW ACTIVE YOU ARE,
AND A GREAT INTERACTIVE WEBSITE THAT GOES WITH IT, MYPYRAMID.GOV.
AND YOU CAN PLUG IN HOW ACTIVE YOU ARE AND GET SOME INFORMATION FOR
ADULTS THERE IS A CHILDHOOD LEVEL AND EARLY CHILDHOLD VERSION THAT
HELPS YOU WITH YOUR YOUNGEST KIDS.