Tag: Usda food guides

In 2011, the USDA introduced MyPlate, a colorful, simple-to-understand visual guide to healthy eating, as a replacement for the more complex MyPyramid. But what is MyPlate based off of? The foundation of MyPlate is the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), a set of evidence-based recommendations developed by the U.S. government to promote health and prevent chronic disease.

The World Health Organization (WHO) consistently reports that a healthy diet can protect against many non-communicable diseases, but the sources of modern dietary recommendations trace back much further. The question of who recommended on a healthy diet has a complex answer, involving government agencies, international bodies, and nutrition pioneers over more than a century.