Although the previous installment of the dietary guidelines from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2010 also described healthy American, Mediterranean and vegetarian diets, “these guidelines ...

When it comes to a healthful diet, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. For new dietary guidelines, U.S. panel looks at the whole plate - Los Angeles Times ...

WHY IT WAS INVENTED. Like other countries around the world, the healthy eating food pyramid was introduced to Australia in the early 1980s. Based on a Swedish “eat more and eat less” model ...

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 ...

MyPlate for Older Adults is based on the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Most guidelines apply to adults of any age, while the new MyPlate offers adjustments to meet the needs of older… ...

It's a pretty safe bet that not many people will mourn the demise of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's food pyramid — the 20-year-old symbol of the department's dietary guidelines — when it ...

CONAN: We're talking with April Fulton, who's a health editor on NPR's science desk. 800-989-8255, if you have questions about the new dietary guidelines that were issued this week. Email us: talk ...

There are many challenges to people adopting the new Australian Dietary Guidelines: awareness of them, personal inclinations and motivation, access to affordable healthy food by some people and ...

The guidelines are the basis for USDA’s “My Plate” icon that replaced the well-known food pyramid in 2010 and is designed to help Americans with healthy eating. The guidelines will also be ...

In 2009 the Swedish National Food Administration teamed up with the country’s Environmental Protection Agency to create guidelines on environmentally friendly and healthy diets.

Halloween’s one thing: What about how we eat the rest of the year? Hands up, anyone out there who actually pays attention to the government’s dietary guidelines and the U.S. Department of ...