HPB replaces diet pyramid with simpler plate guide

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The Healthy Diet Pyramid, long used as a guide on how to eat healthily, has been replaced by a new visual guide, following feedback from the public.

Based on a recent Health Promotion Board (HPB) study, Singaporeans prefer a simple, plate-based image that conveys clear messages about a healthy diet.

The HPB has introduced a new guide, called My Healthy Plate, which shows the recommended proportion of vegetables, grains and meat on a plate, instead of defining a certain number of calories or servings per day from each food group.

A healthy meal, as the guide showed, has half the plate filled with vegetables and fruit, a quarter with whole grains and a quarter with meat and other proteins.

In addition, one is encouraged to use healthier oils, choose to drink water and be active.

The HPB said it will replace the existing Healthy Diet Pyramid tool across all its collaterals by the end of this year.