Majority Support Changes to Food Pyramid, Dietary Guidelines: Poll

Six in ten respondents supported the changes.

Organic produce for sale at a Ralph's Supermarket in Irvine, Calif., on Nov. 28, 2016. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

A majority of Americans back recent changes to the food pyramid and federal dietary guidelines, according to a new poll.

Sixty percent of respondents to the new poll, released on July 9, said they supported the changes, which were announced in January by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other officials.