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How Do the 2015-2020 U.S. Dietary Guidelines Affect South Africa?

The US Department of Agriculture and the Health and Human Services has published a new set of dietary guidelines which Dr Ingrid van Heerden of News24 believes will help to shift South Africa's diet to being "plant-based".

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Moves are also afoot to curb excessive alcohol and sugar consumption in South Africa and the emphasis in our revised Food-Based Dietary Guidelines (file photo).

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