A “dawn of a new day” is promised for the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. According to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, it hasn’t happened yet, but will soon.
The federal government revises the dietary guidelines every five years, and the previous administration began that process in 2024. However, in February, Rolins and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced that USDA and HHS would continue working on the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which USDA and HHS jointly issue.
The public comment period on the guidelines closed on Feb. 10.
Rollins and Kennedy said USDA and HHS are conducting a line-by-line review of the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee — released in 2024 by the prior administration — and are committed to releasing the final Guidelines ahead of their Dec. 31, 2025, statutory deadline.
In announcing they would take their time, Rollins promised the 2025-2030 Guidelines would be based on “sound science, not political science. Gone are the days when leftist ideologies guided public policy.”
In a recent joint appearance, Secretary Kennedy and Rollins said the wait for the new guidelines will be short.
“We’re going to give people. . . dietary guidelines that are four to five pages written in plain English that people can understand, Kennedy said. He again promised a “shake-up in a big way” for the guidelines
Rollins has said the guidelines must be “sound, simple, and clear.”
The 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans run 164 pages.
Kennedy has also pledged to remove “ultra-processed food “from the menu. According to media reports, HHS plans to launch a campaign about the harm that ultra-processed food causes.
The public has mainly ignored past dietary guidelines.
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