HHS Rolls Out Voluntary Diet Pledge For US Hospitals
The pledge asks hospitals to cut ultra-processed food and deep frying, matching new 2025-2030 dietary guidelines.
- Pledge limits sugar-sweetened drinks, processed meats, added sodium and artificial additives.
- Signers must swap deep frying for baking, broiling, roasting, stir-frying or grilling.
- Oz notes virtually every hospital already depends on Medicare funds tied to nutrition rules.
Why it matters: A voluntary pledge changes nothing; the Medicare funding already conditioned on it does.
HHS.gov press release — Secretary Kennedy, Administrator Oz Launch 'Make Hospital Food Healthier' Pledge ↗ · Jul 14, 20267/14/26 · ✓ Checked✓ Check