TABLE 1.

Dietary elements included in global recommendations on healthy diets

	Dietary element	Global recommendation (quoted from the WHO Healthy Diet Fact Sheet 2018, except where noted)
1	Fruits and vegetables	≥400 g/d
2	Beans and other legumes	“A healthy diet contains fruits, vegetables, legumes (e.g., lentils, beans),…
3	Nuts and seeds	… nuts…
4	Whole grains	… and whole grains (e.g., unprocessed maize, millet, oats, wheat, brown rice).”
5	Dietary fiber	>25 g/d (or 12.5 g/1000 kcal, considering the recommendation of 2000 kcal/d for adults) (19)
6	Total fat	<30% total energy
7	Saturated fat	<10% total energy
	Unsaturated fats	Replacing saturated fats and trans fats with unsaturated fats
8	Salt	<5 g/d (<2000 mg sodium/d)
9	Free sugars	<10% total energy
		[Limit] the consumption of foods and drinks containing high amounts of sugars (e.g., sugar-sweetened beverages, sugary snacks, and candies)
10	Processed meat	Consume very little, if any, processed meat: 0 g/d (22)
11	Unprocessed red meat	≤350–500 g/wk [(22), supported by (21, 23)]
	trans Fats	<1% total energy; eliminate industrially produced trans fats