Five major media companies will be using the MyPlate icon on healthy recipes It will take the %22guesswork%22 out of finding healthy recipes%2C the first lady says A ...

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 ...

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Forget about the food pyramid, the government's standard for healthful eating for two decades. The Obama administration replaced it Thursday with a new icon - a plate half filled with fruits and ...

In my recent critique of the new USDA dietary guidelines, I wrote that we’ll never see a real food version of MyPlate as long as the food industry holds sway over the guidelines and USDA continues to ...

Recipes to help you meet the new Food Pyramid guidelines. June 2, 2011— -- First lady Michelle Obama, Surgeon General Regina Benjamin and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today unveiled a new ...

The USDA unveiled its new food pyramid on Thursday, and as it turns out, it’s not a pyramid at all. The decades old nutritional icon has been replaced with an easier-to-understand symbol: a plate, ...

If you struggle with proper microwave times for your favorite veggie and grain dishes, GE’s over-the-range microwaves will now include a MyPlate button to make your vegan cooking even easier. If you ...

Today, FMI — The Food Industry Association, is pleased to be recognized by the MyPlate National Strategic Partnership Team as a MyPlate National Strategic Partnership Champion — the highest (gold ...

FILE - A sample plate of the food icon MyPlate, is unveiled at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, Thursday, June 2, 2011. A new study finds that few Americans have heard of MyPlate, the ...