USDA report, Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

The Dietary Guidelines Committee at USDA and HHS recommended that guidelines incorporate sustainability in their dietary recommendations. It noted that the Healthy U.S.-style Pattern, the Healthy Mediterranean-style Pattern, and the Healthy Vegetarian Pattern diets all aligned with lower environmental impacts, including greenhouse gas emissions, land use, water use, and energy use, and provide options that can be adopted by the U.S. population.