Items Tagged with 'Dietary Guidelines for Americans'

After a four-year hiatus, the second Trump administration has hit the ground running, teeing up several proposed policy changes that could impact the dairy industry.

To qualify as "healthy" under the updated definition, food products must contain a certain amount of a food from at least one of the food groups or subgroups outlined by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans including fruits, vegetables, protein foods, dairy and grains. 

More than 90% of women and 97% of men do not meet recommended intakes for dietary fiber, according to the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to announce a proposed regulation this year that will require front-of-package nutrition labeling (FOPNL) on food packages, a move aimed at providing consumers with at-a-glance nutrition information to help them quickly and easily make informed food selections. 

One of the largest opportunities in the United States is amplifying the role of healthy eating patterns in achieving health equity and nutrition security. 

Many Americans recognize dairy as a cornerstone of a healthy diet however. The survey explores nutrition barriers and how to remove them.

The International Dairy Foods Association’s (IDFA) Healthy School Milk Commitment was officially recognized at a special event organized at the White House, which endorses a new set of commitments under the Biden-Harris administration’s National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. 

Late last year, the U.S. Congress took a meaningful first step toward allowing schools to once again serve whole milk to their students.

After a sustained period of fewer wars and the fact that fewer people went to bed hungry each night, our world is experiencing an intense period of heightened global conflict with serious geopolitical consequences, altering our nation’s security. 

If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, will it also keep tweens drinking milk through the critical years of bone development and beyond?