The New Look & Big Picture
This new consumer-facing tagline officially replaces "Make Every Bite Count" and moves the focus away from MyPlate icons.
What is "Eat Real Food"?
Reflecting a significant increase from past guidance, this is the new recommended daily serving range for protein foods.
What is 3 to 4 servings per day?
For a standard 2,000-calorie diet, these are the respective daily serving goals specified for vegetables and fruits.
What are 3 servings of vegetables and 2 servings of fruits?
This is the maximum percentage of total daily calories that should come from saturated fats, a limit that remains completely unchanged
What is less than 10%?
To strictly limit added sugars, the guidelines advise that a single meal should contain no more than this specific quantity.
What is 10 grams of added sugar?
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans are updated and jointly published by the USDA and HHS every this many years.
What is five (5) years?
While past guidelines heavily restricted choices to low-fat or fat-free items, the 2025–2030 guidelines explicitly allow this type of dairy, provided it has no added sugars.
What is full-fat (or whole) dairy?
To ensure an item is a fiber-rich whole grain, consumers are taught to look for the words "whole grain" listed in this specific location on the ingredient label.
What is the first ingredient?
For the general population aged 14 and older, daily sodium consumption must be limited to less than this amount.
What is 2,300 milligrams (mg)?
NC EFNEP curriculum will eliminate these three traditional descriptive terms when discussing dairy or meat choices with families.
What are "low-fat," "fat-free," and "lean"?
The final Dietary Guidelines for Americans serves as the foundation for these programs.
What is Federal Nutrition Assistance and Education Programs (including EFNEP)?
Under the new portion standards, 3 oz of meat or 1 egg equals a serving; this specific amount represents one serving of cooked beans, peas, or lentils.
What is 1/2 cup?
Down significantly from the previous recommendation of 6 daily servings of grains, this is the new range for whole grain consumption.
What is 2 to 4 servings per day?
When selecting cooking oils rich in essential fatty acids, the 2025–2030 guidelines explicitly advise prioritizing this specific oil.
What is olive oil?
Rather than teaching nutrition in isolation, EFNEP weaves the new guidelines into four core pillars: Diet Quality, Food Resource Management, Food Safety, and this final one.
What is Food Security?
Staying consistent with the previous Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the new Dietary Guidelines ALSO emphasize overall dietary patterns rich in whole foods, have a preference for whole grains, limitations on added sugar, saturated fat, and sodium, as well as increased intake of what?
What is fruit and vegetables?
This is the recommended daily intake goal for dairy items for a standard 2,000-calorie diet, which remains entirely unchanged from previous cycles.
What is 3 servings per day?
To help manage sugar intake and portion sizes, the guidelines state that 100% juice must be strictly limited or altered in this way.
What is diluted with water?
Dietary guidelines recommend steering clear of these two categories, which include packaged snacks like chips and cookies, and drinks like sodas and energy drinks.
What are highly processed foods and sugar-sweetened beverages?
This program remains a trusted source for basic nutrition education, teaching people how to eat healthy on a budget and prepare meals at home.
What is EFNEP?
Reflecting a major structural change in how quantities are communicated to the public, the new guidelines shifted from measuring food groups in "cups" to this term.
What are "servings"?
It is recommended to swap this kind of cooking method with healthier alternatives such as baked, broiled, roasted, stir-fried, or grilled.
What is deep-fried?
1 cup raw or cooked fruit or vegetables, 2 cups leafy greens, or 1/2 cup dried all count as one of these standard measurements.
What is a serving? (or one serving)
While the general population should curb sodium intake, this specific group of people is highlighted as potentially needing more to offset losses from sweat.
What are highly active individuals?
If an EFNEP participant asks about specific grams of protein needed per day, lab interpretations or medication-diet interactions, an educator must do this.
What is refer them to a qualified health professional?