title: Dietary guidelines to nourish humanity and the planet in the twenty-first century. A blueprint from Brazil.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present and discuss the dietary guidelines issued by the Brazilian government in 2014.
  
  
  METHODS
  The present paper describes the aims of the guidelines, their shaping principles and the approach used in the development of recommendations. The main recommendations are outlined, their significance for the cultural, socio-economic and environmental aspects of sustainability is discussed, and their application to other countries is considered.
  
  
  METHODS
  Brazil in the twenty-first century.
  
  
  METHODS
  All people in Brazil, now and in future.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The food- and meal-based Brazilian Dietary Guidelines address dietary patterns as a whole and so are different from nutrient-based guidelines, even those with some recommendations on specific foods or food groups. The guidelines are based on explicit principles. They take mental and emotional well-being into account, as well as physical health and disease prevention. They identify diet as having cultural, socio-economic and environmental as well as biological and behavioural dimensions. They emphasize the benefits of dietary patterns based on a variety of natural or minimally processed foods, mostly plants, and freshly prepared meals eaten in company, for health, well-being and all relevant aspects of sustainability, as well as the multiple negative effects of ready-to-consume ultra-processed food and drink products.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The guidelines' recommendations are designed to be sustainable personally, culturally, socially, economically and environmentally, and thus fit to face this century. They are for foods, meals and dietary patterns of types that are already established in Brazil, which can be adapted to suit the climate, terrain and customs of all countries.
authors.affiliation: 1Departamento de Nutrição, Faculdade de Saúde Pública,Universidade de São Paulo,Av. Dr Arnaldo 245,São Paulo/SP,Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos Augusto
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.affiliation: 2Núcleo de Pesquisas Epidemiológicas em Nutrição e Saúde,Universidade de São Paulo,São Paulo/SP,Brazil.
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cannon
authors.affiliation: 2Núcleo de Pesquisas Epidemiológicas em Nutrição e Saúde,Universidade de São Paulo,São Paulo/SP,Brazil.
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Moubarac
authors.affiliation: 2Núcleo de Pesquisas Epidemiológicas em Nutrição e Saúde,Universidade de São Paulo,São Paulo/SP,Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Paula Bortoletto
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.affiliation: 1Departamento de Nutrição, Faculdade de Saúde Pública,Universidade de São Paulo,Av. Dr Arnaldo 245,São Paulo/SP,Brazil.
authors.forename: Carla Adriano
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.affiliation: 2Núcleo de Pesquisas Epidemiológicas em Nutrição e Saúde,Universidade de São Paulo,São Paulo/SP,Brazil.
authors.forename: Josefa
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garzillo
authors.affiliation: 2Núcleo de Pesquisas Epidemiológicas em Nutrição e Saúde,Universidade de São Paulo,São Paulo/SP,Brazil.
authors.forename: Daniela Silva
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Canella
authors.affiliation: 1Departamento de Nutrição, Faculdade de Saúde Pública,Universidade de São Paulo,Av. Dr Arnaldo 245,São Paulo/SP,Brazil.
authors.forename: Larissa Galastri
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Baraldi
authors.affiliation: 2Núcleo de Pesquisas Epidemiológicas em Nutrição e Saúde,Universidade de São Paulo,São Paulo/SP,Brazil.
authors.forename: Maluh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barciotte
authors.affiliation: 1Departamento de Nutrição, Faculdade de Saúde Pública,Universidade de São Paulo,Av. Dr Arnaldo 245,São Paulo/SP,Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Laura da Costa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Louzada
authors.affiliation: 2Núcleo de Pesquisas Epidemiológicas em Nutrição e Saúde,Universidade de São Paulo,São Paulo/SP,Brazil.
authors.forename: Renata Bertazzi
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.affiliation: 2Núcleo de Pesquisas Epidemiológicas em Nutrição e Saúde,Universidade de São Paulo,São Paulo/SP,Brazil.
authors.forename: Rafael Moreira
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Claro
authors.affiliation: 1Departamento de Nutrição, Faculdade de Saúde Pública,Universidade de São Paulo,Av. Dr Arnaldo 245,São Paulo/SP,Brazil.
authors.forename: Patrícia Constante
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Jaime
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000208:ethnology; D058735:Environmental Policy / Q000639:trends; D005511:Food Handling; D005523:Food Supply; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D018673:Nutrition Policy / Q000639:trends; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013598:Systems Theory
keywords: Brazil; Dietary guidelines; Food processing; Nutrition education; Sustainability