"food pyramid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: food pyramids [plural]
Etymology: So called from its pyramid shape. Head templates: {{en-noun}} food pyramid (plural food pyramids)
  1. A pyramid-shaped diagram in layers, where each layer represents a group of animals that feeds on the layer below. Translations (pyramid-shaped diagram in layers representing groups of animals): ravintopyramidi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-food_pyramid-en-noun-KoLPgbyD Disambiguation of 'pyramid-shaped diagram in layers representing groups of animals': 83 17
  2. (nutrition, US) Any pyramidal diagram giving advice on how to eat healthily, particularly those widely publicized by the United States government. Tags: US Categories (topical): Nutrition, Visualization Translations (pyramidal diagram giving advice for healthy eating): 食物金字塔 (sik⁶ mat⁶ gam¹ zi⁶ taap³) (Chinese Cantonese), 食物金字塔 (shíwù jīnzìtǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 飲食金字塔 (Chinese Mandarin), 饮食金字塔 (yǐnshí jīnzìtǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), ruokakolmio (Finnish), pyramide alimentaire [feminine] (French), besin piramidi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-food_pyramid-en-noun-IvsFcQFz Disambiguation of Visualization: 37 63 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 83 Disambiguation of 'pyramidal diagram giving advice for healthy eating': 8 92

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