The new food pyramid: How is healthy eating changing?

By: Rosemary Ford and Caitlin Agnew

Outlets: NHPBS

Published: April 14, 2026

Words: 1,955

Last Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 70 percent of U.S. adults are overweight or obese, and “nearly 1 in 3 adolescents has prediabetes.” As a way of combating these staggering numbers, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, recently released new dietary guidelines. What are the guidelines, and what do they mean for healthy eating? Here to discuss that is Hannah Brilling, a clinical …

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