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Historical Dietary Guidance Digital Collection

USDA. National Agricultural Library

Digital collection of historical U.S. government dietary guidance publications .

History of Dietary Guidelines for Americans

U.S. Department of Agriculture; Department of Health and Human Services.

HHS and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the first edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (Dietary Guidelines) in 1980. Since then, a new edition of the Dietary Guidelines has been published every 5 years. Each edition features recommendations developed by the federal government based on the latest body of nutrition science.