Nutrition & Healing · STAT News · August 19, 2026

Physician group sues Trump administration over dietary guidelines process

The suit, brought by a nonprofit that advocates for plant-based diets, claims HHS and the USDA used a “secret panel” of scientists to flip the food pyramid.

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