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A visual history of food guides–and how HSPH has shaped them

Harvard School of Public Health’s Department of Nutrition, founded in 1942, has had unparalleled influence on how we eat, including the United States’ Department of Agriculture’s food guides. Click to view a larger PDF version of this graphic.

History of food guides

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