FELDMAN COLUMN: Kennedy's new food pyramid wrongly promotes saturated fats

FELDMAN COLUMN: Kennedy's new food pyramid wrongly promotes saturated fats

In January 2026, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of Health and Human Services, issued a new “food pyramid,” the required five-year update titled the “2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.”

How RFK Jr. is dismantling America’s health policies

The new food pyramid says it all. In January, the federal government released updated dietary guidelines for Americans that reimagine the pyramid by literally turning it upside down. The guidelines, which once prioritized foods like grains while minimizing fats, now recommend red meat, whole milk, proteins, and healthy fats. It’s one of the most unmistakable ways that US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ushered the M…

Food pyramid blind spots: What supermarket civil rights teaches us

By: Bobby J. Smith II | Word In Black, NNPA The recent release of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030, by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services poses a challenge for communities and individuals struggling with food insecurity. The new guidelines flip the traditional food pyramid on its head, recommending increased intake of costly red meat, whole dairy products, healthy fats, and whole grains. But these guidelines create s…