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.

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 ...

Farewell, food pyramid — USDA is now serving up nutritional advice on My Plate. By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times / for the Booster Shots blog . June 2, 2011 11:42 AM PT .

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 ...

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 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 ...

That food pyramid you grew up learning about via the U.S. Dietary Guidelines is about to get a major overhaul — and people are already mad about the proposal. Here's what to know.

USDA food pyramid unveiled in SpanishHealth officials hope it will help lower obesity rate among Hispanics. By Staff And Wire Reports Dec 8, 2005.

The USDA is revising its guidelines on what Americans should be eating. But even if the feds get it right, which they probably won't, a new pyramid won't be enough to change the way we eat.

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 ...