Get Your Plate in Shape

The theme for National Nutrition Month 2012 has been announced and it's "Get Your Plate in Shape." National Nutrition Month, which is every March, is a nutrition education and information campaign sponsored by the American Dietetic Association. The "Get Your Plate in Shape" theme fits nicely with the Choose My Plate program from the USDA http://www.choosemyplate.gov/ .

You can learn more about National Nutrition Month at http://www.eatright.org/nnm/

All this talking about plates reminds me of the Plate Method. Check out this video of me demonstrating the Plate Method: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4iCB-6SJ7W

Check Out the New MyPlate

Public health officials have replaced the Food Guide Pyramid with the MyPlate system. Check out the new logo to the right.

I like it. Go to www.choosemyplate.gov
to click around on the new concepts, which really aren't new but are presented in a new way.

And check out this video of me from a few summers ago doing a simple version of the Plate Method:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4iCB-6SJ7w&feature=player_embedded