Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced new federal dietary guidelines that place greater emphasis on meat, dairy products and vegetables while de-emphasizing grains and refined foods.
The updated guidelines are displayed in an inverted triangle, signaling a stark departure from previous food pyramid models that promoted grains and breads as the foundation of a healthy diet and advised Americans to limit their intake of meat and fats.
Kennedy said the revised recommendations are intended to reflect emerging research on nutrition and metabolic health.
“Protein and healthy fats are essential and were wrongly discouraged in prior dietary guidelines,” Kennedy said, according to NRP. “We are ending the war on saturated fats.”
The Department of Health and Human Services said the new model is designed to provide clearer guidance to consumers and encourage diets focused on whole foods rather than processed products.
Further details on how the guidelines will be implemented in federal nutrition programs were not immediately released.
