American Diets Have Gotten a Little Healthier, but Still Fall Short of Guidelines

American diets have gotten a little healthier, but still fall short of federal government recommendations for healthy eating.

Americans have been eating healthier in recent years, but Americans are still not meeting the federally recommended nutrition guidelines. Shutterstock

American diets have gotten a little healthier, but still fall short of federal government recommendations for healthy eating, finds an analysis of nationally representative interview data from 1999 to 2016.