federal nutritional guidelines, Food Pyramid Crumbles -
The Food Pyramid Crumbles: Along with Surgeon General Regina Benjamin and Secretary of
Agriculture Tom Vilsack, First Lady Michelle Obama launched a USDA’s new icon in a press conference Thursday, reshaping the food pyramid into the spherical “My plate,” that gives parents a graphic representation of the mealtime configuration of
food.
The plate is divided into four segments with half of the plate designated to fruit and vegetables groups, the other half to a proportionally larger grain than the protein group and a small circular dairy group in the upper right hand corner.
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