This has been a year marked by bad health advice, the initial recommendation by government health officials against mask-wearing being the most high-profile example.

Now, the new dietary guidelines proposed by the United States Department of Agriculture, which may be finalized as soon as this week, could make more bad health advice into official government policy for the next half-decade.

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