2.  The Food Pyramid, developed by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), is an excellent
tool to help you make healthy food choices.
 The food pyramid can help you choose from a variety of foods so you get the nutrients you need,
and the suggested serving sizes can help you control the amount of calories, fat, saturated fat,
cholesterol, sugar or sodium in your diet.
 Food guide pyramid is a pyramid shaped guide of healthy foods.
 It divided into sections to show the recommended intake for each food group.
 The food guide pyramid is to show what the food categories that we need take it adequately,
plenty, moderate or less.
 For plenty intake and moderate have two section which is fruits and vegetables for plenty intake
and dairy product and protein is in moderate intake.

4. Welcome
To My
Pyramid

6. MY PLATE ICON
 My Plate is part of a larger communications
initiative based on 2010 Dietary Guidelines
for Americans to help consumers make better
food choices.
 My Plate is designed to remind Americans to
eat healthfully; it is not intended to change
consumer behavior alone.
 My Plate illustrates the five food groups using
a familiar mealtime visual, a place setting.

7. MY PLATE

10. Differences & Similarity between my pyramid & my plate

11. Differences Similarity
 It’s simpler to  It uses the same 5 food
understand. groups and color for
each food group.
 It is easy to understood
by kids and adults.  Oils are no longer part of
the icon.
 Names of some food
groups have changed
which is milk is now
dairy, Meat & Beans now
change to protein.
 Physical activity is not
represented on the plate.

12. CONCLUSION
 For the conclusion, now I already know how to differentiate between food guide pyramid,
my pyramid and my plate. The information that I read explained that food guide
pyramid is to show the recommended intake for each food group. MyPyramid makes
recommendations in seven categories which is grains, vegetables, fruits, milk, meat and
beans, oils, optional calories, and physical activity. MyPyramid assumes that people will
eat from all food categories but in June 2011, My Plate replaced MyPyramid. The My
Plate icon was chosen as an easy way to remind people to be aware of what they put on
their plates. My Plate is part of a larger communication initiative to help consumers
make better food choices.