New symbol of good nutrition is dinner plate. June 2, 2011— -- The food pyramid that represented a healthy diet for almost 20 years now gives way to a food plate, the U.S. Department of ...

Federal officials are replacing the food pyramid with a full plate — and while experts say that the new approach is an imperfect solution, it’s a vast improvement on the much-maligned My Pyramid.

NCI officials offered the image to USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services as a replacement for the original food pyramid. The two agencies said no to the plate. "The mantra at USDA ...

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 ...

The USDA Thursday unveiled a new tool to help Americans eat better: Instead of the Food Guide Pyramid, Americans now have "My Plate," a simpler illustration designed to help consumers choose ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Remember the food pyramid? Well, it's history. Welcome "the plate." The First Lady, Surgeon General and the Agriculture Secretary unveiled the government's new tool to help ...

After almost 20 years of leaders’ preaching good eating through a food pyramid that the department now says was overly complex, obesity rates have skyrocketed. He showed off the new plate with ...

And if so, better than the old food pyramid infographic? 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 ...

The familiar Food Guide Pyramid just got an overhaul in the form of a plate. The old pyramid format, while pretty and colorful, was confusing with its jumble of food groups. The USDA recently ...

There’s a new U.S. symbol for healthful eating: The Agriculture Department unveiled “My Plate” on Thursday, abandoning the food pyramid that had guided many Americans but merely confused others.