The Committee warned that those with inadequate dairy products intake should take precautions against developing deficiencies in calcium, potassium, phosphorous, protein, magnesium, Vitamins a and D. Age, Gender, Weight and Exercise -the Department of Agriculture used people's age, gender, weight and the amount of exercise as primary considerations in developing the new food guide pyramid (Gersema 2003)
The former food guide was based on only three levels, namely 1,600; 2,200; and 2,800 calorie levels. Public Reactions - People had their ideas about how to change the federal food guide pyramid, which should guide them on how to eat (Hirsch 2004)
S. Department of Health and Human Services last February released the dietary guidelines for Americans, aimed at promoting healthy habits and reducing the risk of chronic disease through poor or wrong nutrition and physical activity (Ressel 2005)
Recently science writer Gary Taubes, who wrote the New York Times article five years ago "What if fat does not make you fat?," published a book Good Calories/Bad Calories: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control, and Disease. Taubes analyzes five decades of scientific research on obesity (Mabrey, 2007)