2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

When the job of recommending dietary guidelines occurred during the pandemic,  the task went almost unnoticed, but so did the conflicts of interest that existed among the 20 people who had the advisory role, a new study finds.

And those conflicts are not going unnoticed with the publication of a

Continue Reading A second study finds Dietary Guidelines panel rife with conflicts of interest

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If you want to see a lot of people become unhinged, try floating this: why not include meat alternatives such as plant-based burgers to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommended foods? Especially, since the recently released report from the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee extols the health benefits of
Continue Reading Should fed’s dietary guidelines recommend plant-based meats?

The 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee has submitted its 845-page “Scientific Report” to the Secretaries of the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS). 

The next step in the processes is for the public to submit comments to the departments on the Scientific Report.

The lengthy
Continue Reading Life stages and dietary patterns are major themes of science report from diet advisory panel

Editor’s Note:   This story was edited include the extended comment period information.  

Anyone who wants to get a toe in the quinquennial task of writing dietary guidelines for the government to pass along to people  has two more chances for in-person testimony, and the comment period for written submissions has
Continue Reading Advisory committee will hear from the public about dietary guidelines at two meetings