Arriving in the midst of an obesity epidemic, a new at-a-glance government guide to healthful eating is meant to remind consumers to limit heavy foods and beef up on the greens.

After decades of the food pyramid, Americans can look to a new model for healthy eating, ‘MyPlate’, the new symbol of proper nutrition from the USDA which was announced Thursday.

USDA ditches food pyramid for new design istockphoto (CBS) After almost two decades, the USDA food pyramid is history. First Lady Michelle Obama today unveiled the USDA's update on America's ...

After years of insisting that everyone should eat the same foods — six to 11 servings of grain a day, three to five servings of vegetables — the people who set the nation's nutritional ...

USDA began offering nutritional advice in 1894. We had 12 food groups in the 1930s, seven in the 1940s, four in the 1950s, then a pyramid and now a plate ...

Step aside, pyramid. Make way for the plate. The USDA is unveiling its new and improved nutrition guidelines graphic. Its designed to help consumers better visualize what it means to eat healthier.

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PHILADELPHIA — The new food pyramid made its public debut today, keeping its recognizable shape but getting an extreme makeover that splashes it with a rainbow of colors and includes a runner ...

The icon replaces the 1992 Food Guide Pyramid, according to the USDA. Under the USDA guidelines, a moderately active woman, age 31-50, should eat three cups of veggies every day and two cups of fruit.

USDA unveils the new food icon, MyPlate, to replace the food pyramid that served as the standard for dietary guidelines for nearly 20 years. Move over food pyramid. Make way for the plate.

The food pyramid has been the US Department of Agriculture's guide to healthy eating since it was introduced in 1992. As obesity has become a bigger problem in America, the USDA felt it was time ...

The USDA and Michelle Obama team up to launch a new nutritional diagram. Obama says 'My Plate' should help Americans visualize what they need to eat better than the food pyramid did.