On 7 January 2026, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the new edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) 2025–2030, presenting them as a “reset” of federal nutrition policy with a simple slogan: “eat real food.” These guidelines are far from a technical document for insiders. In the United States, they orient public food programmes, such as school and community catering, as well as health communication campaigns, with a potentially enormous impact on everyday diets. For that reason, it is worth reading them carefully, separating what is sensible from what risks becoming a communicative and public-health boomerang.
Eating in the upside down: a critical look at the new U.S. dietary guidelines from a mediterranean perspective / Del Rio, D.. - In: EATING AND WEIGHT DISORDERS. - ISSN 1124-4909. - 31:1(2026). [10.1007/s40519-026-01828-6]
Eating in the upside down: a critical look at the new U.S. dietary guidelines from a mediterranean perspective
Del Rio D.
2026-01-01
Abstract
On 7 January 2026, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the new edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) 2025–2030, presenting them as a “reset” of federal nutrition policy with a simple slogan: “eat real food.” These guidelines are far from a technical document for insiders. In the United States, they orient public food programmes, such as school and community catering, as well as health communication campaigns, with a potentially enormous impact on everyday diets. For that reason, it is worth reading them carefully, separating what is sensible from what risks becoming a communicative and public-health boomerang.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
