Summary
The Trump administration released new dietary guidelines for 2025-2030, encouraging Americans to eat more whole foods and consume less processed food and added sugar. These guidelines aim to improve public health by promoting fresh vegetables, whole grains, and limiting saturated fats and processed carbohydrates. The guidelines are intended to shape federal nutrition programs and policies in the U.S.
Key Facts
- The guidelines recommend eating more whole foods like fresh vegetables and whole grains.
- Americans are advised to reduce consumption of highly processed foods, which include packaged snacks like chips and cookies.
- The guidelines suggest limiting saturated fat intake to 10% of daily calories but allow whole-food sources like meat and avocados.
- The updated guidelines aim to influence federal nutrition programs, such as the National School Lunch Program.
- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the guidelines.
- The guidelines support the Make America Healthy Again agenda by overhauling the U.S. food supply.
- The document is simplified to 10 pages, in contrast to earlier, much longer editions.
