The U.S. Department of Agriculture this week expanded its new MyPlate campaign for healthier eating by launching a video competition to promote the first message of the movement: make half your plate ...

The MyPlate meal plan is a visual guide to healthy eating based on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dietary Guidelines for Americans. It’s designed to help you create balanced meals ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . MyPlate focuses on adherence to the DASH diet rather than counting calories. A study author told Healio that ...

Sometime in the next few weeks, we'll be hearing from the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. The panel of nutrition experts is tasked with reviewing the latest science on nutrition and medicine ...

Related video above: Dietician gives advice on making healthier food choicesHere's a quick quiz: What replaced the food pyramid, the government guide to healthy eating that stood for nearly 20 ...

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 ...

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 ...