Forget about the food pyramid, the government's standard for healthful eating for two decades. The Obama administration replaced it Thursday with a new icon - a plate half filled with fruits and ...

, has replaced the USDA Food Pyramid as the premier guide to more healthful eating. The MyPlate message is designed around the five food groups people should eat every day: fruits, vegetables, grains, ...

Five major media companies will be using the MyPlate icon on healthy recipes It will take the %22guesswork%22 out of finding healthy recipes%2C the first lady says A ...

Is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new MyPlate icon a good tool to get Americans to eat healthier? This revamp of the Food Guide Pyramid is a step in the right direction because it recasts the ...

FILE - A sample plate of the food icon MyPlate, is unveiled at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, Thursday, June 2, 2011. A new study finds that few Americans have heard of MyPlate, the ...

It’s not likely to earn any record deals, but as messages to eat your fruits and vegetables go, “Wrap Rap” is solid gold. The one-minute music video was one of three first-place winners recently ...

Here’s a quick quiz: What replaced 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 Agriculture ...

If you struggle with proper microwave times for your favorite veggie and grain dishes, GE’s over-the-range microwaves will now include a MyPlate button to make your vegan cooking even easier. If you ...

No matter which food group was at the top and which at the bottom, the venerable food pyramid never did make much sense. How big were the servings supposed to be? And what were all those ...

Forget about the food pyramid, the government's standard for healthful eating for two decades. The Obama administration replaced it Thursday with a new icon, - a plate containing half fruits and ...

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