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 ...

PETERSBURG – Say goodbye to the traditional food pyramid, it’s been shown the door in favor of “MyPlate.” At the Monday, Oct. 15 Upper Township school board meeting, business administrator Laurie Ryan ...

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 ...

The Agriculture Department says "My Plate," its new healthy eating symbol, aims to show that nutrition doesn't have to be complicated. "My Plate" — a simple circle divided into quadrants that contain ...

Recently I learned that many people don’t know much about MyPlate and where it originated. Many of us know the food pyramid which was originally published in the 1990s and was ridiculed for promoting ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Agriculture Department says its new healthy eating symbol — called “My Plate” — will show Americans that nutrition doesn’t have to be complicated. It takes the place of the food ...