Have you had a plant today??
Yes?! No? Well the day is still young…!! A couple of fun facts about fruits and vegetables: Eating fruits and vegetables may be the single most important thing we can all do to protect our health long-term (I’m talking cancer, heart disease, and much, much...
Let the Games Begin!!!
Ok, so maybe I’m being too cavalier in saying “games” when establishing the Dietary Guidelines for Americans is serious business. Seriously, anyone who sat in on the first Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee meeting last week can vouch for that. Didn’t...
Dietary Guidelines: Our Advice…ENGAGE!!
It is March!! Known to some as the month that the clocks go back on Daylight Savings Time or the month that “comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb” (who else CANNOT wait for the latter part of that old adage?). But, for those of us dedicated...
The C Word
February was Cancer Prevention Month and March is National Nutrition Month. As a dietitian who works part-time with oncology patients, I have learned a lot over the past year about nutrition and cancer, to include greater awareness of the abundance of confusing...
The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Scientific Report was released today! A 60-day comment period will begin tomorrow. The public can submit written feedback to inform the translation of the science into DGA policy.![]()
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On Monday, December 16 at 1 PM ET, registration will open up for a special meeting that will be held on January 16 for oral comments. Should fill up fast so stay up-to-date at dietaryguidelines.gov!![]()
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Yesterday, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a report in response to the Biden-Harris Administration’s National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health to identify scientific opportunities, gaps, and priorities to advance nutrition science, with a particular emphasis on ensuring equitable access to the benefits of research.![]()
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PCAST provided two overarching goals related to the federal investment in nutrition research:![]()
⏺️ Enhancing coordination of federal interagency efforts to strengthen the nutrition science evidence base, and ![]()
⏺️ Prioritizing equity in federal nutrition research.![]()
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The report details how these goals can help create a range of nutrition interventions that strategically improve the health of the U.S. population, with a focus on those disproportionately affected by health disparities due to long-standing structural inequities which create barriers to healthy dietary patterns and lifestyles. ![]()
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We are looking forward to hearing the latest nutrition science and spending time with colleagues at the American Society for Nutrition’s annual conference in Chicago. If you’ll be there, we’d love to connect! ![]()
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