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The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025 is available. Learn more. Learn how to eat healthy with MyPlate. Remember the food pyramid? Meet MyPlate, the official symbol of the five food groups. Learn how to make MyPlate work for you. Explore MyPlate. From MyPlate to your plate, every plate tells a story.
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The MyPlate Plan* shows your food group targets – what and how much to eat within your calorie allowance. Your food plan is personalized, based on your: Age. Sex. Height. Weight. Physical activity level. To get started, click on the "Start" button.
Launched in 2011, MyPlate’s symbol is a simple visual reminder to choose a variety of foods throughout the day and throughout the week. It represents what and how much to eat from each of the food groups over the course of the day, whether you eat on a plate, from a bowl, or another way.
Start simple by choosing foods with less sodium. Check the Nutrition Facts label and choose foods with a lower percent (%) Daily Value (DV) for sodium on the label, especially if a family member has high blood pressure, diabetes, or kidney disease. Cook at home!
The most recent update of the Dietary Guidelines came out in 2020, and it uses an updated MyPlate visual model. The 2020 MyPlate model, shown below, shows a plate containing the five food groups (fruits, vegetables, proteins, grains, and dairy) in a place setting [1].
The Dietary Guidelines provides a customizable framework for healthy eating that can be tailored and adapted to meet personal preferences, cultural traditions, and budgetary considerations. MyPlate. MyPlate replaced MyPyramid and the Food Guide Pyramid in 2011. MyPlate illustrates the five food groups as the building blocks for a healthy diet.
MyPlate is the current nutrition guide published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, and serves as a recommendation based on the "Dietary Guidelines for Americans."