Implement policies aimed at improving access to and consumption of diets consistent with Dietary Guidelines for Americans (Consume more Fruits and Vegetables, reduce excess sodium and sugars).

Actions to improve nutrition security

Together, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other federal agencies will partner in an all-of-government approach to improving health and wellness, reducing diet-related chronic diseases and advancing health equity by 2030. The approach will be guided by the US’s Healthy People 2030 goals and Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) recommendations. To accomplish this, the US will take policy actions aimed at improving nutrition security – including actions to help increase people's access to and consumption of fruits, vegetables and whole grains – and at reducing their intake of excess salt and added sugars. For example, to improve the healthfulness of the food supply, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will implement its voluntary sodium targets to reduce sodium in processed, packaged and prepared foods and update its food labelling requirements to incentivise reformulation and empower consumers; the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will implement its food service guidelines and strengthen the nutrition capacity and capabilities of US state and local health departments, land-grant universities and community-based organisations to implement policy, systems and environmental changes to support improved nutrition; and the USDA will align its programmes with the DGA and collaborate with the HHS, including the FDA and the CDC, to promote nutrition security nationally. These actions across the US government act synergistically to amplify impact: for example, the FDA’s sodium targets and the new declaration of added sugars on the Nutrition Facts label can be leveraged across the US government as part of promoting nutrition security, such as through food procurement standards; and multiple US federal agencies will coordinate education and outreach on healthy dietary patterns for young children, including limiting exposure to toxic elements. Progress will be assessed using internal tracking systems and federal government food and nutrition monitoring databases.