MyPlate replaced the food pyramid. It comes from the U.S. government as a way to picture what to put on your plate. The beauty of MyPlate is in using a plate icon to "measure" the relative portion ...

In biology the relationship of what eats what and how energy passes through an ecosystem is called a food chain. Pyramids can help give us an overall picture of a particular food chain.

To help people make smart food choices, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) designed an easy-to-follow symbol: MyPlate. The plate graphic, with its different food groups, is a reminder of what — ...