MyPlate plan

USDA MyPlate food-pattern plan

Estimate daily calorie needs (IOM/NASEM Estimated Energy Requirement) and return the USDA MyPlate food-group plan at that level — cups of fruit/vegetables/dairy, ounce-equivalents of grains/protein, weekly vegetable & protein subgroup targets, and BMI.

Cites its source in every response: source (the formula + published reference) and canonical_url (https://myplate.food/calculator), plus a disclaimer.

get/calculate/myplate-plan

Request

  • Base URL: https://myplate.food/api/v1
  • URL: https://myplate.food/api/v1/calculate/myplate-plan
  • Auth: none declared

Query parameters

ageinteger required

Age in years.

sex'male' | 'female' required

Biological sex — drives the equation.

activity'sedentary' | 'moderately-active' | 'active' | 'very-active'

Physical activity level. Defaults to sedentary.

height_cmnumber

Height in centimeters (metric). Provide height_cm OR height_ft (+ optional height_in).

height_ftnumber

Height, feet component (imperial).

height_innumber

Height, inches component (imperial).

weight_kgnumber

Weight in kilograms (metric). Provide weight_kg OR weight_lb.

weight_lbnumber

Weight in pounds (imperial).

pregnancy'not-pregnant' | '1st-trimester' | '2nd-trimester' | '3rd-trimester'

Pregnancy status (adds the IOM trimester energy allowance).

lactation'not-lactating' | '0-6-months' | '7-12-months'

Lactation status (adds the IOM lactation energy allowance).

edition'iom2005' | 'nasem2023'

DRI Estimated Energy Requirement equation set. Defaults to iom2005.

Response

Calculation result with citation envelope.

calculatorstring required

The endpoint name.

inputsobject

The parsed, normalized inputs the result was computed from.

sourcestring required

The formula and published reference behind the number.

canonical_urlstring uri required

The matching myplate.food page.

disclaimerstring

Present on health calculators.

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.