Translating the 2020-2025 U.S. Dietary Guidelines into Clinical Practice

摘要

The answer to the simple question "What should we eat?" is remarkably contentious and fraught with strongly held personal beliefs and preferences, as well as substantial financial and disease implications. It is a question that patients and families often ask their physicians and health care teams, yet those teams generally have little training in nutrition and the science of dietary recommendations. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Dietary Guidelines for Americans is where many look for guidance.1 Updated every five years by the USDA in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the guidelines inform the general population and public health policy, including federal and state food programs. Materials based on these guidelines are the foundation of nutrition education for children and adults nationwide and are helpful and easy to use.