Invest in family-healthy diets by growing half your plate (BPT)
- Healthy eating is defined in many different ways, but the
United States Department of Agriculture replaced the former Food
Pyramid with MyPlate - creating an easy visual for everyone to
enjoy healthy and balanced meals. The MyPlate graphic shows a
place setting. The dinner plate is divided in half. One half of
the plate is composed of fruits and vegetables, and the other
half grains and proteins. To see exactly how much that amounts
to for each member of your family, visit
www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov. The sad reality is most
Americans do not eat this many fruits and veggies in a day. If
you're interested in changing your family's eating habits, how
can you get them to fill up half of their plates with fruits and
vegetables? This summer, consider adapting your family's eating
habits to mimic the MyPlate graphic. Although most on-the-go
families don't eat that many fruits and vegetables, it's easy to
do, especially if you plant a garden and bu