Every five years, the U.S. government releases an updated set of recommendations on healthy eating. This document, called the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, has served as the cornerstone of ...

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If you’re eating several servings of fruits and vegetables daily, avoiding ultraprocessed foods and baking your chicken instead of frying it, you’re already following some of the newly updated Dietary ...

Less than a year after the departure of roughly 20,000 employees from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a new set of Dietary Guidelines for Americans has been announced by HHS ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Cristina Palacios, Florida International University (THE CONVERSATION) Every five ...

THIS WEEK THE USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services dropped the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Yet, unlike the final season of Stranger Things, all the hype leading up to ...

Since 1994, the U.S. and Canada have co-sponsored the development and publication of a harmonized set of nutrient-based Dietary Reference Intake values. Over time, a need for a standing committee to ...

Share on Pinterest The 2025–2030 dietary guidelines include a new inverted food pyramid. Experts have mixed reactions to these changes. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images New federal dietary ...

The recommended target for protein intake increased from 0.8 g/kg/day to 1.2-1.6 g/kg/day in 2026. Individual protein requirements vary by age, sex, and physical activity.