Actions to Improve Nutrition Security

Together the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other federal agencies will partner in an all-of-government approach to improve health and wellness, reduce diet-related chronic diseases and advance health equity by 2030. The approach will be guided by the U.S.’s Healthy People 2030 goals and Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommendations. To accomplish this, the United States will take policy actions aimed to improve nutrition security, including actions to help increase people’s access to and consumption of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and reduce intake of excess sodium and added sugars. For example, to improve the healthfulness of the food supply, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will implement its voluntary sodium targets to reduce sodium in processed, packaged, and prepared foods and update its food labeling requirements to incentivize reformulation and empower consumers; the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will implement its food service guidelines and strengthen the nutrition capacity and capabilities of U.S. state and local health departments, land grand universities and community-based organizations to implement policy, systems, and environmental changes to support improved nutrition; USDA will align its programs with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and collaborate with HHS, including FDA and CDC, to promote nutrition security domestically. These actions across the U.S. government act synergistically to amplify impact: for example, FDA’s sodium targets and the new declaration of added sugars on the Nutrition Facts label can be leveraged across the United States Government, as part of promoting nutrition security, such as through food procurement standards; and multiple U.S. 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.