The familiar Food Guide Pyramid just got an overhaul in the form of a plate. The old pyramid format, while pretty and colorful, was confusing with its jumble of food groups. The USDA recently ...

The US government’s new MyPlate healthy-eating guide, launched last week, has been enthusiastically welcomed by a broad range of stakeholders, not least because it aims to communicate dietary advice ...

Remember that food pyramid you learned about in grade school and kept seeing around the place? Well, it’s outta here. The United States Department of Agriculture has launched a new visual icon — it’s ...

Does anyone remember the infamous “food pyramid” that introduced us to the recommended nutrition needed to maintain a healthy diet by the U.S. Department of Agriculture? With the advent of summer upon ...

WASHINGTON - There's a new U.S. symbol for healthful eating: The Agriculture Department unveiled "My Plate" on Thursday, abandoning the food pyramid that had guided many Americans but merely confused ...

Unsatisfied with the old Food Pyramid (above), the daily intake guide that food producers created, our health conscious First Lady Michelle Obama and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have launched a ...

Every five years, the United States Drug Administration (USDA) collaborates with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to update the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. In 1992, these ...

The United States Department of Agriculture has finally retired its complicated, weird-looking nutrition pyramid in favor of a plate-shaped diagram called MyPlate meant to simplify the message: Make ...

Farewell, food pyramid. Government officials are getting ready to dish out nutritional advice to the nation on a more appetizing platter. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is set to unveil a ...

The Agriculture Department unveiled a new symbol for healthy eating Thursday, abandoning a food pyramid that has guided some Americans' food choices while confusing others. The new guide is a plate, ...

The new guide is a plate, divided into four slightly different sized quadrants, with fruits and vegetables taking up half the space and grains and protein making up the other half. The vegetable and ...