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ResetResource | Infographics
    Healthy Eating Index Score of the FDPIR Food Package Infographic
        Healthy Eating Index scores range from 0 to 100 and are a measure of diet quality used to assess how well a set of foods aligns with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. A higher score is ideal. The FDPIR Food Package scores an 84. This is higher than the average U.S. diet, which scores a 59.
      03/21/2024
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    Nutrition Standards for CACFP Meals and Snacks
        Guidance, resources, best practices, and training for CACFP operators to support them in providing healthy, balanced meals and snacks to the children and adults they serve.
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    Resource | Nutrition Education
    Healthy Eating Index (HEI)
        The Healthy Eating Index is a measure of diet quality used to assess how well a set of foods aligns with key recommendations and dietary patterns published in the *Dietary Guidelines for Americans* (*Dietary Guidelines*). The *Dietary Guidelines* is designed for nutrition and health professionals to help individuals and families consume a healthful and nutritionally adequate diet.
      07/14/2023
    Resource | Nutrition Education
    How the HEI Is Scored
        CNPP uses the Healthy Eating Index to provide a data-driven understanding of diet quality in the United States over time. The HEI-2015 can be used to see how well the diets of Americans align with the *2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans*.
      07/14/2023
    Resource | Nutrition Education
    HEI Resources
        The Healthy Eating Index (HEI) is a measure of diet quality used to assess how well a set of foods aligns with key recommendations and dietary patterns published in the *Dietary Guidelines for Americans* (*Dietary Guidelines*). The *Dietary Guidelines* is designed for nutrition and health professionals to help individuals and families consume a healthful and nutritionally adequate diet.
      07/14/2023
    Resource | Federal Register Documents
    Comment Request on Proposed Rule: Child Nutrition Programs - Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent with the 2020 DGAs
        This rulemaking proposes long-term school nutrition standards based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025, and feedback the USDA received from child nutrition program stakeholders during a robust stakeholder engagement campaign.
      03/29/2023
    Resource | Fact Sheets
    USDA Foods: A Resource for Maximizing Food Budgets To Buy Local
        This factsheet explains how USDA Foods support the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the school meal pattern requirements to make it easier for schools to prepare healthy meals using local foods.
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    03/06/2023
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    School Meals Standards: 2023 Proposed Rule Stakeholder Briefing
        FNS held a stakeholder briefing that outlines the changes the proposed rule, entitled “Child Nutrition Programs: Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans,” makes to the school meals nutrition standards.
      02/14/2023
    Resource | Federal Register Documents
    Announcement of First Meeting of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee and Request for Comments
        The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture announce the first meeting of the newly appointed 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. This meeting will be open to the public virtually. Additionally, this notice opens a public comment period that will remain open until late 2024, throughout the Committee's deliberations.
      01/19/2023

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