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Cato Weekly Podcast • July 10, 2018 

# Why Does the Federal Government Issue Damaging Dietary Guidelines? 

Even when the federal government began issuing dietary guidance to Americans, it wasn’t clear if the advice was sound. Terence Kealey’s new Cato paper is “Why Does the Federal Government Issue Damaging Dietary Guidelines?”

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##### [Terence Kealey](/people/terence-kealey)

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##### [Caleb O. Brown](/people/caleb-o-brown)

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