Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says work continues to revise the draft dietary guidelines. During a call recently about the Make America Healthy Again Commission report, she told reporters, “I think what you’re going to see is a whole new day.”
Rollins announced earlier this year that she and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., would do a line-by-line review of the proposed Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) that were released by the Biden administration last year.
“Federal nutrition advice will be sound,” she says. “It will be simple and it will be clear those guidelines will prioritize whole, healthy foods such as whole milk, fruits, vegetables, and meats, and suggest limitations of foods high in sugar and salt.”
The DGA had a December 31 deadline, but Rollins says she expects updated guidance to be released sooner.
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans are typically released every five years, and in addition to providing healthy diet recommendations, the guidelines also help shape federal nutrition programs.
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