About 45% of adults have hypertension.
Almost 11% of Americans have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, and almost 35% of American adults have prediabetes.
Large numbers of Americans don t get enough calcium, potassium, dietary fiber, and vitamin D.
Noting that “
more than half of adults have one or more diet-related chronic diseases,” as in previous years, the advice broadly is to:
Consume a healthy dietary pattern, including: Vegetables, fruits, legumes, whole grains, nuts and seeds, with some vegetable oils, low-fat dairy or fortified soy beverages and yogurt, lean meat and poultry, and seafood.
Limit: Alcoholic beverages, and foods and beverages higher in added sugars, saturated fat, and sodium.
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Coronavirus package allots $13 billion for crop and livestock producers Lawmakers combined the coronavirus bill with legislation to fund the government through the Sept. 30 end of the current fiscal year. By
12/23/2020 Row crop farmers would see payments of $20 an acre and livestock producers would be compensated for animals culled during the pandemic under the $900 billion coronavirus relief bill that was unexpectedly challenged by President Trump on Tuesday, a day after Congress passed it. The bill provides $13 billion for agriculture, to be distributed through initiatives that include a $400 million dairy donation program, aid to contract poultry growers, and assistance for textile mills and, potentially, ethanol refineries.
-The Hagstrom Report
The House and the Senate late Monday passed the fiscal year 2021 omnibus appropriations bill and a COVD-19 relief package, sending the legislation to President Donald Trump for his signature.
The omnibus appropriations bill will cost $1.4 trillion and the COVD-19 relief package $900 billion.
The measure was split in two in the House.
The House vote on Divisions B,C, E and F was 327 to 85, with 43 Republicans, 41 Democrats and one Independent opposing it.
The House vote on the rest of the combined bill was 359 to 53, with 50 Republicans, two Democrats and one independent opposing it.
The vote in the Senate was 92 to 6.
Food groups tell real story of new book
A group of 18 national associations representing U.S. food production say a new book isn t telling the real story. We want to tell the story of the millions of people and their families who produce our food every day, said Mike John, Missouri c.
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DL News Staff | 12:00 am, May. 15, 2006
A group of 18 national associations representing U.S. food production say a new book isn t telling the real story. We want to tell the story of the millions of people and their families who produce our food every day, said Mike John, Missouri cattle producer and president of the National Cattlemen s Beef Association.