Ray and @artemis1886 - I too am very happy with the emphasis on healthier foods. I can say that my primary of over 20 years, a nurse practitioner, always asked "how are you eating" and was very concerned when I had a series of illnesses that caused me to drop way too much weight. Her last comment to me, at one of our last visits before she retired was "You finally look healthy again"

I think back to the 1960's and 70's - I had a great poster out of the Mother Earth News that was a different kind of food pyramid. It promoted foods by their nutrient density - the more nutrients, and the lower the saturated fats and calories, the higher it was on the pyramid. It was posted on the kitchen door, and we referred to is for years - especially when it cam to choosing foods for our kids.

And I think back to how I was raised - garden grown food, fresh in summer, canned or frozen for winter. Beef pork and chickens from local farms. Every dinner included a salad and another vegetable, a starch and a protein. My mother's philosophy was "the more colors of food on the plate the healthier it is."

Now my "littles" are learning the same at school and daycare, so I guess it's about time our health care providers do too.

I can’t drive my so my son took me. I have tremors and seizures. I recently had a seizure so I can’t drive for six months plus I can’t feel my feet. As an RN I always look to see what lectures are going on in the lecture hall at the hospitals for continuing education credits. I go looking for them. I took several nutrition class for myRN degree. At the time I did not have the problems I do now.