It's not about "Diets" it's about nutritional needs.
It's like saying humans don't need air. The FP wasn't about weight loss, it was about an easy referrence for getting the nutrients you need on a daily basis. DIET isn't weight loss.
We are talking human nutritional needs.
You'll die in 5 minutes without air, but you can still live to be 100 if you don't follow the FP perfectly...
I know what you're saying, Naj, but the two aren't the same.
Perhaps, but the FP was brought up in relation to weight loss. As you state, the FP has nothing to do with weight loss. As for the "easy guide" you and I will have to disagree on that one. The first one was easy, but wrong (6-11 servings of bread and pasta per day? now wonder we're a nation of heifers). The new one is confusing as hell but a bit more balanced. At least it tries to distinguish between whole grain carbs vs crap refined carbs.
If the gov't actually wanted to suggest something helpful, it would toss out the food pyramid nonsense and start a campaign against processed food and promote veggies and exercise. Of course, the $$$ isn't there for that campaign.