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MyPlate Food Guidance System is based on the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, to help
consumers make better food choices. It illustrates the five food groups, using the familiar mealtime
visual of a place setting that replaces the Food Guide Pyramid. According to this website MyPlate
focuses on key behaviors that relay important dietary messages. These messages include all but the following:
a. Balancing Calories
b. Foods to increase
c. Foods to reduce
d. Eat oversized portions
What is d. Eat oversized portions