1985 Dietary Guidelines
Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 1985 [PDF – 463 KB] * †
This 1985 Dietary Guidelines policy document features the final recommendations developed and released by the Federal Government.
This report presents the first Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s recommendations to the federal government based on nutrition science evidence. The federal government used this report to inform the 1985 Dietary Guidelines.
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