Sunday, March 30, 2008

Food Pyramid

This is an example of a food pyramid with a lot of chart-junk:

http://www.thefeltsource.com/New-Food-Pyramid-Large.jpg

It's not a good graphic because most of the ink doesn't contribute to the data. There are lots of pictures of active kids and too much color. The pictures of the food at the bottom of the pyramid are crowded, cluttered, and distracting. It's almost impossible to read how many servings of each item you are supposed to eat per day since there is so much chart-junk.

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