The purpose of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans is to inform the development of Federal food, nutrition, and health policies and programs. It is a critical tool for professionals to help Americans make healthy choices in their daily lives. It also helps prevent chronic diseases.
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans was developed for nutrition and health professionals to help all individuals ages 2 years and older consume a healthy diet. The information used in the Dietary Guidelines is for developing Federal food, nutrition, and health policies and programs. Dietary Guidelines is the basis for Federal nutrition education materials. It is designed for the public and for the nutrition education components of HHS and USDA food programs. This edition of the Dietary Guidelines offers 5 overarching Guidelines and a number of Key Recommendations with specific nutritional targets and dietary limits. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans also help people reach and maintain a healthy weight.
It is required under the 1990 National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act. The act
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Preventing and/or reduce overweight and obesity through improved eating and physical activity behaviors is another recommendation. It is also important to control calorie intake to manage body weight and increase physical activity and reduce time spent in sedentary behaviors. The key recommendations for the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines is to consume a healthy eating pattern that accounts for all foods and beverages within an appropriate calorie level. Healthy eating patterns limits are saturated fats and trans fats, added sugars, and sodium. It is important to consume less than 10 percent of calories per day from added sugars. Consuming less than 10 percent of calories per day from saturated fats and less than 2,300 milligrams per day of sodium is also important key