Society guideline links: Healthy diet in adults

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Vitamin D deficiency".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Vitamin deficiencies".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Osteoporosis".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Obesity in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Healthy diet in children and adolescents".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Guideline on use of non-sugar sweeteners (2023)

●Nutritional Recommendations (NutriRECS) Consortium: Dietary guideline recommendations on unprocessed red meat and processed meat consumption (2019)

●WHO: Essential nutrition actions – Mainstreaming nutrition through the life-course (2019)

●International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO): Recommendations on adolescent, preconception, and maternal nutrition – "Think Nutrition First" (2015)

Canada

●Health Canada: Canada's food guide (modified 2022)

●Canadian consensus on female nutrition – Adolescence, reproduction, menopause, and beyond (2016)

United States

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Nutrition – Guidelines and recommendations

●American Cancer Society (ACS): Guideline for diet and physical activity for cancer prevention (2020)

●US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Dietary guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025, 9th edition (2020)

●USDA and HHS: Scientific report of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (2020)

●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendation statement on healthy diet and physical activity for cardiovascular disease prevention in adults with cardiovascular risk factors – Behavioral counseling interventions (2020)

●American Heart Association (AHA): A scientific statement on recommended dietary pattern to achieve adherence to the AHA/American College of Cardiology (ACC) guidelines (2016)

●American Society for Nutrition (ASN): Scientific statement on processed foods – Contributions to nutrition (2014)

●ASN: Scientific statement on consumption of cereal fiber, mixtures of whole grains and bran, and whole grains and risk reduction in type 2 diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease (2013)

●AHA: A scientific statement on implementing AHA pediatric and adult nutrition guidelines (2009)

United Kingdom

●Public Health England (PHE): The Eatwell Guide (2016, updated 2018)

●PHE: Government dietary recommendations for energy and nutrients for males and females aged 1-18 years and 19+ years (2016)

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Quality standard on maternal and child nutrition (2015)

Australia–New Zealand

●Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP): Smoking, nutrition, alcohol, physical activity (SNAP) – A population health guide to behavioural risk factors in general practice, 2nd edition (2015)

●National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC): Australian dietary guidelines (2013)

Japan

●[In English] Dietary guidelines for Japan (2005, revised 2010)

●[In Japanese] Dietary guidelines for Japan (2005, revised 2010)