Free My Plate Materials

Written by Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII

MyPlate has long been the USDA's healthy eating guide, and it is full of great ideas about portion and proportion balance. The 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines introduced a new food pyramid, but MyPlate is still a simple, practical teaching tool. Food and Health Communications is proud to be a USDA Choose MyPlate National Strategic Partner.

Learn how to create a healthy diet with our wide range of MyPlate education materials and resources. We cover everything from what each part of the icon means to how to teach it. Check out all of the great foods and the food group layout. The message for clients is simple: make a healthy plate with a balance of food groups, and you will receive all the nutrients needed in the calories allotted.

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We offer free MyPlate education resources. Use the links below to download them fast and free.

Food and Health Communications is proud to be a USDA Choose MyPlate National Strategic Partner. 

The Nutrition Education Store has materials for purchase.

Choose from MyPlate posters, MyPlate handouts, MyPlate brochures, MyPlate PowerPoint presentations, MyPlate bulletin boards, MyPlate games, MyPlate bookmarks, MyPlate workbooks, and more! MyPlate plates are ready for your next presentation or cooking demonstration.

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Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII

Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII discovered her love of cooking at her grandmother's side, stirring raisin oatmeal on a Saturday morning. By 15 she had her first food service job. At 18 she was accepted to the Culinary Institute of America, where she graduated second in her class, then went on to the Fachschule Richemont in Switzerland to study pastry arts and baking. A decade with Hyatt Hotels followed before she founded Food and Health Communications with a single conviction: food that is good for you should taste extraordinary.

Judy holds a Master of Professional Studies in Food Business from the Culinary Institute of America, a Bachelor of Science in Culinary Arts from Johnson and Wales University (Summa Cum Laude), two art certificates from UC Berkeley Extension, and the CIA's Pro Chef II certification. She has earned the American Culinary Federation Bronze Medal, Gold Medal, and ACF Chef of the Year award.

Today she develops every recipe on this site, shoots and styles food through her food photography and motion studio, and publishes nutrition education materials for dietitians, schools, extension offices, and health professionals through nutritioneducationstore.com. She uses the latest nutritional science and Dietary Guidelines to drive her creativity — whether that means a new twist on fajitas or Italian brownies made with toasted nuts and cooked honey. Her mission has never changed: help everyone make food that tastes as good as it is for them.

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