WASHINGTON — The Agriculture Department unveiled a new symbol for healthy eating Thursday, abandoning a food pyramid that has guided some Americans’ food choices while confusing others. The new guide is a plate, divided into four slightly different ...

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 introduced "My Plate" as the new user-friendly icon for ...

The United States Department of Agriculture simplified its healthy eating recommendations for the American public earlier this year, and a local dietitian helps put it in perspective for you today. Instead of the "food pyramid" that's been around for ...

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. At a news conference Thursday morning, First Lady ...

We heard on June 2 that the USDA has replaced the Food Guide Pyramid with My Plate. You can see it at myplate.gov. Although some of you, like me, grew up with the Basic 7 food groups and then the Basic 4, we really didn't have an icon until the pyramid was ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pyramid guide to healthy eating that many Americans grew up with has been scrapped, and in its place the Obama administration is serving a dinner plate icon sliced up by food groups. The new guide, MyPlate, encourages Americans ...