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MyPlate Birthday

Celebrate with MyPlate this Summer

It's MyPlate's Birthday

Get a healthy jumpstart on summer with MyPlate. This month MyPlate celebrates its 11th birthday, and to celebrate we want to invite you to discover healthy eating and budget savvy tips and tricks for warmer weather. Share your favorite summertime MyPlate meals and family recipes. 

Join in the birthday fun by helping us celebrate throughout the month of June!

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Help Us Celebrate MyPlate's 11th Birthday!

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11 Ways to Celebrate

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Birthday App Challenge

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MyPlate in Summertime

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MyPlate's Birthday Graphics

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11 Ways to Celebrate MyPlate

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MyPlate Quiz

Take a quick quiz (available in English and Spanish) to see how your eating habits stack up against the MyPlate recommendations. Based on your answers you receive tailored resources and a personal quiz results code to sync with the Start Simple with MyPlate app.

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Start Simple with MyPlate App

Download our free app to set simple food group goals to help you eat healthier. Sync your results from the MyPlate Quiz for a personalized experience. Complete goals, see progress, join challenges, and earn badges to celebrate successes. This month join the MyPlate Birthday Challenge!

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Personalized MyPlate Plan

Use this easy interactive tool (available in English and Spanish) to help you find out what and how much to eat from each of the food groups based on your age, sex, height, weight, and activity level. (Embed the MyPlate Plan widget to your own web page or blog for free!)

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MyPlate Kitchen

Explore our recipe website with over 1,000 healthy, budget-friendly recipes that provide detailed nutrition and food group information to help you choose recipes that fit your needs. All recipes are available in English and Spanish.

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Shop Simple with MyPlate

Healthy food choices don't have to cost a lot. Use this tool to find cost-saving opportunities in your local area and discover new ways to prepare budget-friendly foods.

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Healthy Eating on a Budget

Discover our budget friendly resources to help you save money at the store by making a shopping plan, shopping smart, and preparing healthy meals to stretch food dollars.

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MyPlate on Alexa

Get MyPlate on Alexa as a skill. Simply say, “Alexa, open MyPlate” and start receiving age-based healthy eating tips straight to your Amazon Alexa device or via the free Amazon Alexa app on their smartphone.

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Pages for Each Stage of Life

For more personalized information based on a person’s age, check out MyPlate’s new life stage pages that provide all the latest nutrition information based on a person’s age and tips and resources to help different ages eat healthy.

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Tip Sheets

Check out our popular educational series of simple, one-page resources that provide helpful nutrition tips for common food topics. Topics include food groups, life stages, meal planning, snacking, and healthy eating at celebrations and gatherings. Find tip sheets in English and Spanish.

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MyPlate Icon in 22 Languages

Check out our downloadable MyPlate graphic in 22 languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Filipino, French, German, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Urdu, and Vietnamese.

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Social Media

Share your favorite MyPlate summertime meal, nutrition tip, or activity. Be sure to tag us by using @MyPlate and including the hashtag #MyPlateBirthday. Use the social media graphics below.

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Birthday App Challenge

Join the celebration with a challenge in the Start Simple with MyPlate app! Complete 11 food group goals in the month of June to earn the 11th birthday badge. For more information, visit the “Challenges” tab in the bottom navigation of the app.

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MyPlate in Summertime

What does your plate look like in the summertime? Show us how you eat healthy during the warmer months. Share pictures, tips and tricks to eating healthy when the weather heats up. Be sure to tag us by using @MyPlate and including the hashtag #MyPlateBirthday.

MyPlate's Birthday Graphics

Use these special MyPlate birthday graphics on social media and for a fun teleconference background.

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Shop Simple with MyPlate

Find savings in your area and discover new ways to prepare budget-friendly foods.

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MyPlate on Alexa

Get MyPlate nutrition tips on Amazon Alexa devices or the free Alexa app.

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Start Simple with MyPlate App

Build healthy eating habits one goal at a time! Download the Start Simple with MyPlate app today.

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MyPlate.gov is based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025