Arriving in the midst of an obesity epidemic, a new at-a-glance government guide to healthful eating is meant to remind consumers to limit heavy foods and beef up on the greens.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Remember the food pyramid? Well, it's history. Welcome "the plate." The First Lady, Surgeon General and the Agriculture Secretary unveiled the government's new tool to help ...

The nearly 20-year-old food pyramid will soon give way to a new symbol. ... Speculation is that dinner plate will take over for decades-old pyramid. By ABC News. May 31, 2011, 3:16 PM.

My issue with the plate chart is that it does not offer a prescribed eating regimen. It merely has four nearly equal allocations of food groups on a colorful plate and dairy cast off to the side.

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 ...

While no one is blaming the food pyramid for the rise in obesity rates, it has taken some criticism over the years. The pyramid, unveiled in 1992, showed a hierarchy of foods.

Goodbye food pyramid. Hello food plate. The shape is different but the message remains the same: eat more fruits and vegetables and less meat.

The food pyramid that has been the standard for healthy eating for almost 20 years has been replaced by a new icon aimed at helping Americans adopt healthier eating habits: The dinner plate.

Whatever you do, don’t call it a pie chart. The Obama administration is about to ditch the food pyramid, that symbol of healthy eating for the last two decades. In its place officials are ...

The new food pyramid is a circle.The feds have ditched the age-old triangular guide to eating well in favor of a circular plate they hope diners will load up with fruits and veggies.”As long … ...

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 ...

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 others.