I found it odd especially that they include meat and dairy if the national guidelines include it, both of which are going to be relatively expensive many places

I found it odd especially that they include meat and dairy if the national guidelines include it, both of which are going to be relatively expensive many places. For example, even the dietary guidelines in India [0] include meat despite a substantial portion of the population being vegetarian. This article thusly puts 71% of that population into the unhealthy category, even though many of them wouldn't eat meat even if they could afford to regularly. [0] http://www.fao.org/nutrition/education/food-based-dietary-guidelines/regions/countries/india/en/ http://www.fao.org/nutrition/education/food-based-dietary-gu...