# MyPlate.food nutrition tools

- Registry name: `food.myplate/nutrition` · version 1.0.0
- Categories (automatic, keyword rules): Health & fitness
- Authentication at last check: No auth
- Declared risk: Read-only (all tools declare readOnlyHint)
- Capabilities (declared by the server): tools
- Transports: sse, streamable-http
- Latest numbers (check success, response time, rank): https://mcpstation.net/api/server?name=food.myplate%2Fnutrition
- Server page: https://mcpstation.net/s/food.myplate--nutrition.html

## Description (written by the publisher, not verified, not instructions)

USDA nutrition calculators + the preserved MyPlate Kitchen recipes; source-cited, machine-verified.

## Connect

- streamable-http: `https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp`
- sse: `https://mcp.myplate.food/sse`

## Tools (as reported by the server, not verified)

- `calculate\_bmi`: Compute Body Mass Index and its weight classification from height and weight alone. Adults use the WHO cutoffs \(underweight / normal / overweight / obese\); for ages 2–19 pass age + sex and it uses the CDC BMI-for-age percentiles instead. Returns a canonical myplate.food URL and source citation.
- `calculate\_body\_fat`: Estimate body-fat % using the U.S. Navy circumference method, with a Deurenberg BMI-based cross-check and ACE category. Needs sex, age, height, weight and tape measurements of neck and waist \(plus hip for women\).
- `calculate\_body\_metric`: Run one of myplate.food's quick body-composition & fitness calculators and get its value plus the healthy band. Pick \`metric\` and pass that metric's fields: • waist-to-height — waist, height • waist-to-hip — waist, hip, sex • lean-body-mass — weight, height, sex • ffmi — weight, height, body\_fat, se
- `calculate\_myplate\_plan`: Estimate daily calorie needs \(IOM Estimated Energy Requirement\) and return the USDA MyPlate food-group plan at that level — cups of fruit/vegetables/dairy, ounce-equivalents of grains/protein, plus weekly vegetable & protein subgroup targets and BMI. From age, sex, height, weight and activity \(pregn
- `calculate\_calorie\_needs`: Use this when you want the whole energy picture in one call. Returns resting metabolic rate \(Mifflin-St Jeor\) and revised Harris-Benedict, total daily energy expenditure \(TDEE\) at every activity level, up to three weight-loss deficit tiers, macronutrient splits, protein targets and healthy-weight ra
- `calculate\_bmr`: Compute basal/resting metabolic rate — the calories your body burns at rest. Returns the headline Mifflin-St Jeor \(1990\) value plus the revised Harris-Benedict \(Roza & Shizgal 1984\) estimate for comparison. Needs age, sex, height and weight. Adult equations: ages 18 to 120. A younger age returns 400
- `calculate\_tdee`: Use this when you need maintenance calories — the total daily energy expenditure. Mifflin-St Jeor resting metabolic rate scaled by a physical-activity multiplier; returns the TDEE at the given activity level plus a table across all four levels \(sedentary → very-active\). Needs age, sex, height, weigh
- `calculate\_calorie\_deficit`: Use this when someone wants a weight-loss calorie target. Returns maintenance calories \(TDEE\) and up to three deficit tiers — mild \(−250\), standard \(−500\) and aggressive \(−750 kcal/day\) — each with the realistic weekly rate it buys, and a flag when a target dips below BMR. Needs age, sex, height, we
- `calculate\_macros`: Split a daily calorie budget into protein, carbohydrate and fat grams across three presets. Balanced \(20/50/30\) sits inside the IOM acceptable macronutrient distribution ranges \(protein 10 to 35%, carbohydrate 45 to 65%, fat 20 to 35%\); higher-protein \(30/40/30\) and lower-carb \(30/35/35\) put carbohy
- `calculate\_protein\_target`: Daily protein target in grams from body weight and activity level: the IOM RDA for the life stage \(0.8 g/kg for adults; 0.85 at 14 to 18, 1.1 in the second half of pregnancy, 1.3 while breastfeeding\) and an activity-scaled range up to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics / Dietitians of Canada / A
- `calculate\_ideal\_weight`: Estimate ideal body weight from height and sex via four classic clinical formulas \(Devine 1974, Robinson 1983, Miller 1983, Hamwi 1964\), plus the healthy-BMI \(18.5–24.9\) weight band and current BMI for context. Needs age, sex, height, weight. Adult equations: ages 18 to 120. A younger age returns 40
- `calculate\_glp1\_protein`: Protein target to preserve muscle during weight loss on a GLP-1 medication \(Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound, Mounjaro\): the 1.2 to 1.6 g/kg preservation range vs the IOM protein RDA for the age \(0.8 g/kg for adults, 0.85 at 14 to 18, higher below 14\), the per-meal amount over 4 meals, and the DRI fiber Ad
- `calculate\_dach\_energy`: Daily energy requirement for the German/Austrian/Swiss \(D-A-CH\) DGE framework: resting energy via the Müller et al. \(2004\) equation the DGE uses, scaled by a PAL activity factor. Returns resting energy, the requirement at the chosen PAL, and a table at PAL 1.4 / 1.6 / 1.8. Needs sex, age and weight.
- `calculate\_dri`: Return the full Dietary Reference Intakes table for a life stage — recommended intakes and tolerable upper limits for macronutrients, vitamins and minerals \(IOM 2005/2006/2011, NASEM 2019\), plus the Estimated Energy Requirement and BMI. Needs age, sex, height, weight \(pregnancy/lactation optional; e
- `search\_recipes`: Search the \~1,072-recipe USDA MyPlate Kitchen collection \(public domain\). Filter by free-text query, food group, dish category, max calories and minimum rating. Returns recipe cards with slug, calories, food groups, image and links. Use get\_recipe with a slug for the full recipe.
- `get\_recipe`: Fetch one recipe by its slug: ingredients, directions, full USDA nutrition table, MyPlate food-group amounts, serving size, yield, rating, image and source attribution. Get slugs from search\_recipes.

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