Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025 Country/Territory United States of America Document type Miscellaneous Date 2020 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025. 9th Edition. December 2020 Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Breastfeeding/infant food Nutrition Public health Special dietary uses Geographical area Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract These 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines provides four overarching Guidelines that encourage healthy eating patterns at each stage of life and recognize that individuals will need to make shifts in their food and beverage choices to achieve a healthy pattern. The Guidelines also explicitly emphasize that a healthy dietary pattern is not a rigid prescription. Rather, the Guidelines are a customizable framework of core elements within which individuals make tailored and affordable choices that meet their personal, cultural, and traditional preferences. Several examples of healthy dietary patterns that translate and integrate the recommendations in overall healthy ways to eat are provided. The Guidelines are supported by Key Recommendations that provide further guidance on healthy eating across the lifespan. Full text English Website dietaryguidelines.gov