AXIOS January 8, 2026
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s long-awaited rewrite of federal dietary guidelines may have raised as many questions as it answered.
The big picture: While the updated nutritional guidelines hit on many familiar “Make America Healthy Again” themes, they were prepared with the input of researchers with food industry ties and contained what nutritionists say were fundamental inconsistencies.
- The emphasis on a protein-heavy diet — seen in a new food pyramid — also comes at a time of soaring prices for beef and other foods and may be impractical for Americans on tight budgets.
State of play: The 10-page document Kennedy’s Department of Health and Human Services issued with the Department of Agriculture on Wednesday for the...
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