Proposed Dietary Guidelines Take Aim at Obesity
Slashing Salt and Fat, Increasing Vegetables and Exercise Recommended.
By encouraging Americans to slash their salt intake, eat a plant-based diet, and increase physical activity, the newly proposed 2010 Dietary Guidelines take aim at the obesity epidemic.
As it stands, two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, and obesity is “the single greatest threat to public health in this century,” according to the report, which was developed by a 13-member board of scientists and nutritionists and is open to a one-month public comment period.
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