The U.S. dietary guidelines just got a makeover — and a new, inverted food pyramid — that puts nutrient-dense proteins and full-fat dairy at the top and whole grains at the bottom.

If you’re eating several servings of fruits and vegetables daily, avoiding ultraprocessed foods and baking your chicken instead of frying it, you’re already following some of the newly updated Dietary...

The recommendations encourage Americans to eat “real food” and to consume more saturated-fat-rich foods such as red meat and whole-fat dairy.