White House Unveils 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines With Secretaries Rollins and Kennedy
January 8, 2026 · The White House · 0:01:30
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What happened
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the administration is updating federal nutrition standards so Americans have data-driven information supported by science and hard facts, as she put it, not special interests or partisan ideology. She said President Trump tasked USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with collaborating on the project, and that the two secretaries were present to officially unveil the 2025 to 2030 Dietary Guidelines for America, according to her remarks in the White House video.
Leavitt said the guidelines are informed by the best research on health and nutrition, particularly on diet’s role in chronic disease, and are written to be easy to read and understand, as she described them. She said they are the foundation for all federal food programs: the food served to children in public schools, to service members in the military, to veterans at the VA, and in nutrition programs such as WIC and Head Start, according to her statement of their reach.
Why it matters
The unveiling is the formal launch of the administration’s MAHA nutrition agenda in binding-guideline form — the document that flows into school meals, military dining and federal assistance programs — announced jointly by the two departments that own it.
Sources: The White House, “Big news from Press Sec, another step forward in Making America Healthy Again!”, 2026-01-08 (official upload, embedded above; published 2026-01-08). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.
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