WASHINGTON -- There's a new U.S. symbol for healthful eating: The Agriculture Department unveiled "MyPlate" on Thursday, abandoning the food pyramid that had guided many Americans but merely confused ...

Did you know you can get nutrition information straight to your home via the Amazon Alexa smart speaker? MyPlate is now available as an Alexa skill! All you have to say is “Alexa, enable the MyPlate ...

Last week, the revamped MyPlate for Older Adults icon was unveiled at a Capitol Hill luncheon featuring healthy foods straight from the plate. As the audience dined on lean fish or poultry, berries, ...

Here’s a quick quiz: What replaced the food pyramid, the government guide to healthy eating that stood for nearly 20 years? If you’re stumped, you’re not alone. More than a decade after Agriculture ...

This is my fifth column in a row writing about food, groceries and the USDA’s MyPlate guidelines. If you’re sick of reading about MyPlate, think about my poor husband who’s taken to nodding his head ...

Left to right: the 1992 food pyramid, the updated version in 2005, and the new MyPlate graphic, released today. The days of the good ol’ food pyramid are over. Today, First Lady Michelle Obama and the ...

The average American diet comes close to matching up with the USDA’s MyPlate icon just 2% of the time, according to a new report from the NPD Group. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released ...

Here’s a quick quiz: What replaced the food pyramid, the government guide to healthy eating that stood for nearly 20 years? If you’re stumped, you’re not alone. More than a decade after Agriculture ...