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California Community Hosts Second Annual MyPlate-Inspired Fun Run

March 30, 2017 Sam Orzechowski, Public Affairs Coordinator, USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

MyPlate reminds and empowers Americans to make healthy choices that work for them. One California elementary school got creative with MyPlate, hosting a fun and educational event that emphasized the importance of healthy eating and being active. Learn more about how this highly successful activity...

Food and Nutrition

Celebrating School Breakfast Week: Giving Students a Great Start to Their School Day!

March 07, 2017 Hans Billger, Public Affairs Specialist, Food and Nutrition Service

Did you skip breakfast today? Remember that feeling of discomfort and distraction as you counted down the time until lunch? Staring at the clock, the minutes just didn’t move fast enough. Now imagine yourself as a child, with a packed morning full of writing, thinking and learning in front of you –...

Food and Nutrition

MyPlate Helps You Put Your Best Fork Forward during National Nutrition Month

February 28, 2017 Sarah Chang, MPH, RD, Nutritionist, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

What do you think of when March rolls around? Basketball fans are probably gearing up for March Madness, history buffs might think of Caesar and the Ides of March, and then there’s the proverb that March comes in like a lion and out like lamb (or is it in like a lamb and out like a lion?)… Anyway...

Food and Nutrition

Continuing the Challenge: Achieve MyPlate Everyday

February 14, 2017 Kristen Booze, Presidential Management Fellow, and Alexandra Day, Special Projects Coordinator, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

Congratulations to everyone who joined us for the MyPlate New Year’s Challenge! Over the course of these last five weeks, participants incorporated each of the MyPlate food groups - dairy, fruits, vegetables, protein foods, and grains - into their days in an effort to find and maintain a healthy...

Food and Nutrition

MyPlate Staff Gets Real With Healthy Eating Solutions for the New Year

January 18, 2017 Corey Holland, RD, Nutritionist Consultant, and Sam Orzechowski, Public Affairs Consultant at the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

The New Year is in full swing! As the dust settles from the holiday season, many of us Americans are back into our regular routines at work, school, and home. Unfortunately, our regular routines can present some of the biggest challenges in maintaining the New Year’s resolutions that we promised...

Food and Nutrition

Lunchtime: Small Changes - Healthy Rewards

January 17, 2017 Lisa Bente, RD, Nutritionist, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

Welcome to Week 3 of our 5-week MyPlate New Year’s Challenge! Last week we focused on the Fruits Food Group and healthy solutions for breakfast. There are still three weeks remaining in the Challenge and it isn’t too late to join – sign up today and invite others to participate with you. This week...

Food and Nutrition

The Cost of Raising a Child

January 13, 2017 Mark Lino, Economist at the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

USDA recently issued Expenditures on Children by Families, 2015 . This report is also known as “The Cost of Raising a Child.” USDA has been tracking the cost of raising a child since 1960 and this analysis examines expenses by age of child, household income, budgetary component, and region of the...

Food and Nutrition

#MyPlateChallenge Week 2 - Fruits & Physical Activity

January 09, 2017 Melissa Ciampo, RD, Nutritionist, USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

The MyPlate Team welcomes you to Week 2 of our 5-week New Year’s Challenge! Last week we focused on the Dairy Food Group and physical activity. This week we’re adding another food group to the mix… fruit! So, what foods are in the Fruit Group? This food group includes all fruits and 100% fruit...

Food and Nutrition

Kick off a Healthy New Year with SuperTracker!

January 04, 2017 Corey Holland, RD, and Erica Gavey, RD; both Nutritionist Consultants at the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

Do your New Year’s resolutions include a healthier eating style and more physical activity? Whether you find inspiration from a personal challenge, or by competing with others in a group, we have the tools to keep you motivated and help you reach your goals with updated features in SuperTracker, the...

Food and Nutrition

Welcome to the MyPlate New Year’s Challenge

January 03, 2017 Erica Gavey, RD; Nutritionist Consultant, Office of Nutrition Marketing and Communications, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, and Kara Carter, University of Maryland Dietetic Intern

The MyPlate Team welcomes you to join us for a fun and competitive way to start the New Year—join our MyPlate New Year’s Challenge! The MyPlate Team is hosting a 5-week challenge, featuring a new food group each week along with physical activity. Join our New Year’s Challenge now by visiting our...

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