The USDA noted that this year's committee will "examine the relationship between diet and health across all life stages and will use a health equity lens across its evidence review to ensure factors such as socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, and culture are described and considered to the greatest extent possible based on the information provided in the scientific literature and data." This, it added, is to ensure the guidelines and advice are "relevant to people with diverse racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and cultural backgrounds." Again, they will influence everything from nutrition labels to military rations to school meal programs.