RFK Jr. and HHS

On Jan. 7, 2026, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins unveiled the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, a condensed 10‑page document built around an inverted food pyramid that places meat, cheese, full‑fat dairy, healthy fats, fruits, vegetables and protein at the top and whole grains at the bottom, replacing MyPlate. The guidelines explicitly advise avoiding "highly processed" ready‑to‑eat salty or sweet foods and sugar‑sweetened beverages, tighten added‑sugar guidance while retaining a 10% cap on saturated fat (even as the administration says it is "ending the war on saturated fats"), and have drawn both praise for emphasizing whole foods and reduction of ultra‑processed foods and criticism from some experts over scientific consistency, conflicts of interest and affordability/implementation concerns.