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Media Advisory No.: PENDING
Contact:
USDA Office of Communications
(202) 720-4623
NEW DETAILS: First Lady, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and Surgeon General Benjamin to Launch New Food Icon as a Reminder to Help Consumers Make Healthier Food Choices
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2011 – TOMORROW, First Lady Michelle Obama, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Surgeon General Regina Benjamin will unveil a new food icon that will serve as a reminder to help consumers make healthier food choices.
The 2010 White House Child Obesity Task Force called for simple, actionable advice to equip consumers with information to help them make healthy food choices. As a result, USDA will be introducing the new food icon to replace the MyPyramid image as the government’s primary food group symbol. It will be an easy-to-understand visual cue to help consumers adopt healthy eating habits consistent with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. MyPyramid will remain available to interested health professionals and nutrition educators in a special section of the new website.
The new food icon will be part of a comprehensive nutrition communication initiative that provides consumers with easy-to-understand recommendations, a new website with expanded information, and other tools and resources.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
10:45 a.m. EDT
WHERE: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jefferson Auditorium
USDA South Building (5th Wing Entrance)
1400 Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
Please Note: A media availability for Q&A with Secretary Vilsack, Surgeon General Benjamin and food and nutrition stakeholders will immediately follow the event.
WHERE: U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA TV Studio
USDA South Building (5th Wing Entrance)
1400 Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
RSVP: All members of the media planning to join the press conference must
RSVP HERE by Wednesday, June 1, at 5 p.m.
This press conference will also be live-streamed at www.usda.gov/live. Access to the conference as well as the press kit and other information will be available at www.cnpp.usda.gov.
