Circular, with four colorful divisions to represent the four main food groups, the new plate looks just like a pie chart — a description experts shun because, well, pie isn’t good for you.

Instead of complex food groups, the plate is split into an easy four: fruits, vegetables, proteins and grain. A dairy icon sits to the top right, symbolizing a glass of milk. "What's interesting ...

Sometimes it's hard to know what to eat to be healthy. MyPlate, is a simple guide to help us out, with the five food groups Fruits, Vegetables, Proteins, Grains, and Dairy.

MyPlate is a picture of a plate that shows us how to divide our plate to ensure we get enough of each food group. But why is food ... Season with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.

"The new MyPlate icon emphasizes the fruit, vegetable, grains, protein and dairy food groups. The new logo arrives as part of the "Choose My Plate" campaign that will last over several years ...

Federal officials are replacing the food pyramid with a full plate — and while experts say ... Its colored stripes represented different food groups — grains, vegetables, fruits, oils, milk ...

My issue with the plate chart is that it does not offer a prescribed eating regimen. It merely has four nearly equal allocations of food groups on a colorful plate and dairy cast off to the side.

MyPlate replaced the food pyramid. It comes from the U.S. government as a way to picture what to put on your plate. The beauty of MyPlate is in using a plate icon to "measure" the relative portion ...

First Lady Michelle Obama today unveiled the USDA's update on America's visual nutrition guide, replacing the familiar - and much maligned - pyramid with a plate. The food pyramid has been around ...

Welcome, MyPlate! First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled on Thursday the government’s new symbol for healthy eating, a colorful plate divided into the basic food groups, which will officially ...