New USDA Nutrition Guidelines Focus on Unhealthy Population

The latest set of national dietary guidelines acknowledges that many Americans are unhealthy and emphasizes efforts to battle the obesity epidemic. In addition to lower sodium and saturated and trans fat goals, the recommendations from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services also call for policymakers and the food industry to become engaged in the fight. "The most important issue is that this set of guidelines is addressing an unhealthy American...Full Story