These Guidelines mark the most significant reset of federal nutrition policy in our nation’s history.
The message is simple: eat real food.
To Make America Healthy Again, we must return to the basics. American households must prioritize diets built on whole,
nutrient-dense foods—protein, dairy, vegetables, fruits, healthy fats,
and whole grains. Paired with a dramatic reduction in highly processed foods laden with refined carbohydrates, added sugars,
excess sodium, unhealthy fats, and chemical additives, this approach can change the health trajectory for so many Americans.
The United States is amid a health emergency. Nearly 90% of health care spending goes to treating people who
have chronic diseases.1 Many of these illnesses are not genetic destiny; they are the predictable result of the
Standard American Diet—a diet which, over time, has become reliant on highly processed foods and coupled with a sedentary
lifestyle.
The consequences have been devastating. More than 70% of American adults are overweight or obese.2 Nearly one in three
American adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 has prediabetes.3 Diet-driven chronic disease now disqualifies large
numbers of young Americans from military service, undermining national readiness and cutting off a historic pathway to
opportunity and upward mobility.4
For decades, federal incentives have promoted low-quality, highly processed foods and pharmaceutical intervention instead
of prevention. This crisis is the result of poor policy choices; inadequate nutrition research; and a lack of coordination across
federal, state, local, and private partners.
This changes today.
We are realigning our food system to support American farmers, ranchers, and companies who grow and produce real food—
and the Trump administration is working to ensure all families can afford it.
We are putting real food back at the center of the American diet. Real food that nourishes the body. Real food that restores
health. Real food that fuels energy and encourages movement and exercise. Real food that builds strength.
Under President Trump’s leadership, we are restoring common sense, scientific integrity, and accountability to federal food
and health policy—and we are reclaiming the food pyramid and returning it to its true purpose of educating and nourishing all
Americans.
These Guidelines call on every American to eat more real food. They call on farmers, ranchers, health care professionals,
insurers, educators, community leaders, industry, and lawmakers across all levels of government to join in this
critical effort.
Together, we can shift our food system away from chronic disease and toward nutrient density, nourishment, resilience,
and long-term health.
America’s future depends on what we grow, what we serve, and what we choose to eat.
This is the foundation that will Make America Healthy Again.
Under President Trump’s leadership, common sense, scientific integrity, and accountability have been restored to federal food and health policy.
— HHS (@HHSGov) January 7, 2026
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