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New dietary guidelines prioritize ‘real food’ – but low-income pregnant women can’t easily obtain it

  • Written by Bethany Barone Gibbs, Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, West Virginia University
imageMost pregnant women in the U.S. aren't meeting dietary recommendations, especially in rural communities. ArtistGNDphotography/Getty Images

The federal government’s message in its new Dietary Guidelines for Americans, released in January 2026, couldn’t be simpler: “Eat real food.”

But for pregnant women in rural America, that...

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