How does Canadas Food Guide compare to other countries guides?
Canada’s Food Guide has its rainbow – the U.S. a pyramid. The old pyramid put fats, oils and sweets at the pointed top (the smallest part of the pyramid) and breads, cereals, rice and pasta at the bottom. But that was replaced by a new guide of interactive pyramid that didn’t have any one group at the top. China’s, the Philippines’, and South Korea’s food guides have also adopted pyramid or pagoda shapes, while most of Europe has opted for a variation of wheels, pie charts or plates. Canada’s rainbow is, it appears, unique in the world of food guides. A comparison of various countries’ dietary guides published by the American Dietetic Association showed broad similarities among the major food groupings from culture to culture. But look closer, and many differences are quick to appear. Germany’s food guide, for example, has a grouping just for fluids; some guides split fruits and vegetables into separate categories; some classify nuts as proteins while others put them in fats; while the
