Why Distinguishing Between “Experts” and “experts” is SO Important.
The funny thing about listening to the Dietary Advisory Committee deliberations for a day and a half is that it gives one perspective—particularly when one has been at it for (ahem) close to 20 years! I’ve found that being in the room is a different experience...
What EVERYONE should know about the Dietary Guidelines for Americans…
As someone who has been an avid student of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) from the outside, and then on the inside while working with the USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion for 7 years, I was disturbed and disappointed to read the WaPo article...
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...
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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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Last week, the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) met for the fifth time. The Subcommittees presented a lot of data along with draft conclusion statements based on their review of the evidence.![]()
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Some notable takeaways are:![]()
⏺️ Food pattern modeling analyses indicate that nutrient intakes benefit from some modifications as well as flexibilities to the Healthy U.S.-Style dietary pattern.![]()
⏺️ No new nutrients of public health concern were identified (so potassium, calcium, vitamin D, and fiber remain).![]()
⏺️ The DGAC reviewed the current science related to ultraprocessed foods (UPF) and determined that: Limited evidence suggests that dietary patterns with higher amounts of foods classified as UPF consumed by children, adolescents, adults, and older adults are associated with greater adiposity (fat mass, waist circumference, BMI) and risk of overweight. ![]()
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