How Different is Eating for Cancer Prevention and Heart Health?
In February we observe both Cancer Prevention Month and American Heart Month! Why take an entire month to shine a light so brightly on these two chronic diseases? I’ll give my 3 top reasons: Mortality (read: death) rates associated with each. ...
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...
The 60-day comment period for feedback on the translation of the DGAC Scientific Report into DGA policy is ongoing! If you have yet to register for the virtual meeting on January 16, when oral feedback from the public will be shared with USDA and HHS, don’t forget to do so! Sign up at dietary guidelines.gov ![]()
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Ahead of these upcoming deadlines, we have eagerly read the DGAC report and compiled some of the key recommendations. Review our topline takeaways at the link in our bio.![]()
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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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We are looking forward to spending time in Minneapolis connecting with colleagues, attending sessions, and checking out the exhibits at FNCE 2024. If you’re attending, we’d love to connect. ![]()
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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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