The USDA and Health and Human Services issued the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans on December 1, 2025. The revision names foods to avoid for the first time, including sugar-sweetened beverages, packaged foods, refined grains and artificial additives, and raises the protein target from about 10 to 12 percent of calories to about 15 to 20 percent, near the 16 or 17 percent Americans already eat. Critics now argue the full-fat dairy and tallow emphasis will lead people to eat more calories than recommended. The discussion weighs the food-first framing against the meat and dairy emphasis and the higher protein number.