What the food pyramid and MyPlate did for better nutrition—providing an iconic, at-a-glance guide to what to eat—experts have now done with sustainable eating. Enter the Double Health and Climate ...

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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 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 ...

Here’s a quick quiz: What took the place of the food pyramid, the government guide to healthy eating that stood for nearly 20 years? If you’re stumped, you’re not alone. More than a decade after ...

Last week, on Thursday morning, MyPlate arrived on the table, the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) official pie chart resembling replacement icon to the food pyramid you might be ...

Federal officials revealed a new icon Thursday to replace the food pyramid as a tool for teaching Americans about proper nutrition. The new symbol, dubbed MyPlate, is a dinner plate divided into food ...

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Continued use of the old Food and Drug Administration "food pyramid" irks nutrition advocates. They say it promotes excessive consumption of refined white and wheat breads that add empty calories to ...

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