Topic: dietary guidelines

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Processed foods: A public health crisis?

Ashlie D. Stevens
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Big Food's impact on dietary guidelines

Greta Moran - Civil Eats
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Republicans' war on vegetables

Lindsay Abrams
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Lindsay Abrams
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Big Meat and Soda fight back

Lindsay Abrams
FILE - In this April 24, 2014 file photo, a variety of healthy fruits and vegetables are displayed for sale at a market in Washington. Drink less sugary soda, but an extra cup of coffee or two is OK. So are eggs. And as always, don’t forget your vegetables. A government advisory committee is recommending the first real limits on added sugars, but backs off stricter ones for salt and cholesterol intake. It calls for an environmentally friendly diet lower in red and processed meats. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Federal report: Eat less meat

Joanna Rothkopf