USDA's MyPyramid is a new symbol and interactive food guidance system based on the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. “Steps to a Healthier You”, MyPyramid's central message, was developed to carry the message of the dietary guidelines and to make Americans aware of the vital health benefits of simple and modest improvements in nutrition, physical activity and lifestyle behavior. Learn about portion size, nutrition and calories — and nutrients your body needs.

You can have it all: delicious food and better health! To find out just how much “delicious” and “nutritious” have in common, look through the contents of Delicious Decisions, provided by the American Heart Association. Use their Recipe Quick Find to locate dozens of other tempting heart-healthy recipes.

US Government Nutrition Site

This site provides easily accessible government information on nutrition, healthy eating, and food safety. Providing accurate scientific information on nutrition and dietary guidance is critical to the public's ability to make the right choices in the effort to curb obesity and other food related diseases.

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute —
Obesity Education Initiative

The interactive menu planner is designed to guide daily food and meal choices based on one day's calorie allowance. It may be used in advance to plan a meal, or at the end of a day to add up total calories, as well as fat, and carbohydrates consumed. To use the menu planner, choose your total number of calories for the day, and then choose a meal. For each meal you are provided options of food choices according to the foods groups included in the American Dietetic Association (ADA) exchange list. Once you select a specific food item, you will also need to choose the number of servings consumed. The servings are based on the ADA exchange list. For example, if you consumed 3 oz. lean beef, you would enter 3 servings.