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Ch. 10 · USDA·Proposed·

Work with Congress to repeal Dietary Guidelines—or strictly cabin them to nutrition

Mandate prefers repealing Dietary Guidelines entirely; minimally reforms process for transparency, prevents environmental/climate mission creep, and seeks to codify nutrition-only scope because guidelines drive school meals.

Mandate

Mandate Ch. 10 (USDA) — Dietary Guidelines: work with lawmakers to repeal Dietary Guidelines; minimally reform for transparent science without overstatement; ensure focus on nutritional issues not environment; codify reforms into law.

Undo plan

1) Keep Dietary Guidelines as nutrition science advice with transparent evidence grades. 2) Bar climate/sustainability criteria from controlling nutrition recommendations. 3) Improve conflict-of-interest disclosures for advisory committees. 4) Separate school-meal nutrition standards process with public comment. 5) Verify: guideline citation quality and school-meal nutrient outcomes.

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