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In your own words explain why you will choose the Harvard Eating Plate versus the USDA MyPlate or otherwise.

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The Harvard Eating Plate is compared with the USDA MyPlate for dietary recommendations.

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According to the choosemyplate government website, the USDA has had a long history of providing science-based dietary guidance for the American public. There has been quite a range of food choice recommendations ranging from the Food Wheel, to the pyramid and most recently, 2011: MyPlate. The document summarizes the history by saying, "My" continues the personalization approach from MyPyramid.

The Harvard websites starts with a notices about the difference between their version of the dietary advice with this ...

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