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1980 Dietary Guidelines

Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 1980 [PDF - 950 KB] * †

This 1980 Dietary Guidelines policy document features the final recommendations developed and released by the federal government.

* Some older versions of these documents are only available in PDF format.

† Accessible versions of these PDF documents are not available at this time.