Here is a pic of my Mother and the kids she taught in a one room country schoolhouse; probably from sometime in the late 30s. These kids were on the farm and probably ate a diet that the government in all their wisdom said was sooooo wrong. "Hey, we need a food group chart to show people how to eat healthy. Those people back in the day ate way to much red meat, fat, eggs, whole milk, etc and we have to fix that".
My mother graduated high school in 1940. She once told me she had only one classmate who was obese. Just the one.
They all ate potatoes and wheat, as well as red meat and dairy.
