<P> MyPlate is the current nutrition guide published by the USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, a food circle (i.e. a pie chart) depicting a place setting with a plate and glass divided into five food groups . It replaced the USDA's MyPyramid guide on June 2, 2011, ending 19 years of USDA food pyramid diagrams . MyPlate will be displayed on food packaging and used in nutrition education in the United States . </P> <P> MyPlate is the latest nutrition guide from the USDA . The USDA's first dietary guidelines were published in 1894 by Dr. Wilbur Olin Atwater as a farmers' bulletin . Since then, the USDA has provided a variety of nutrition guides for the public, including the Basic 7 (1943--1956), the Basic Four (1956--1992), the Food Guide Pyramid (1992--2005), and MyPyramid (2005--2013). </P>

Myplate food guide or the current usda nutrition model