Overview

Food pyramids illustrate recommendations for a varied and balanced diet in different countries. These recommendations and their depictions vary from one country to another according to cultural and religious practices or simply to the availability of food. Deficiencies and malnutrition arise when people consume too much or too little of certain food or nutrient groups.

Objective

Defining the concepts of varied, balanced and unbalanced diets
Discussing and understanding the depictions of a balanced diet through food pyramids.