Diet Guidelines Tweaked -- No Big Changes

Why tamper with perfection? Even if it is a perfect failure.

The federal government has issued the first update in five years of its "Dietary Guidelines for Americans" -- but despite broad recognition of the U.S. obesity crisis, the update left the major cornerstones of the guidelines largely intact.

The revision, a joint effort of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), was released today -- although it carries a 2010 date. USDA and HHS last updated the guidelines in 2005.

Basic recommendations for maximum intake of fats and cholesterol, sodium, potassium, and fiber remain unchanged from the last edition.

Instead, the "Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010" focused mainly on wording tweaks -- reorganizing how some of the recommendations are presented.

That'll fix it.