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USDA Posts the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee's Final Report

Wed, 15 Jul 2020 10:46:44 CDT

USDA Posts the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s Final Report The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) today posted the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee's final scientific report, an objective review of the latest available science on specific nutrition topics. The report's evidence-based findings will inform USDA and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as they co-develop the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which will provide recommendations on what to eat and drink to promote health and prevent chronic disease.

"Science-based dietary guidance is critical to ensuring a healthy future for America," said USDA Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Deputy Under Secretary Brandon Lipps. "USDA greatly appreciates the high-quality work done by this committee comprised of our nation's leading scientists and dietary experts. We look forward to thoroughly reviewing the report and leveraging their scientific advice as we partner with HHS to develop the next edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans."

USDA and HHS are accepting written public comments on the committee's final report through August 13, 2020. The public will also have an opportunity to provide oral comments on the scientific report to the departments at a public meeting on August 11, 2020.

Background:

Moving into the next stage of development of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, USDA and HHS will leverage the scientific advice in the committee's report, as well as comments from the public and other federal agencies to develop the upcoming edition of the dietary guidelines. The departments plan to publish the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans by the end of December 2020.

Throughout the entire 2020-2025 dietary guidelines process, USDA and HHS have taken numerous steps to promote transparency, integrity and public involvement. Most recently, the advisory committee held a webinar the first of its kind in the dietary guidelines process to publicly present their draft conclusions. The committee considered all of these conclusions holistically to develop the report they provided USDA and HHS.

In another unprecedented step of transparency, the topics and questions the committee examined were made public prior to scientific review. These topics and questions were defined with input from the public and other federal agencies, and based on how well they informed dietary guidance for public health. Similar to prior committees, this committee addressed all of the topics and the majority of the scientific questions set forth for review. All of this information can be found in their scientific report document released today.

The committee's work was informed by more than 62,000 public comments, a testament to USDA and HHS's commitment to public involvement in the dietary guidelines process. For comparison, prior committees received an average of about 450 comments. To date, the public has had more than 18 months to provide comments to help shape the committee's review and the forthcoming dietary guidelines.

In addition to co-developing the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) administers 15 nutrition assistance programs that leverage American's agricultural abundance to ensure children and low-income individuals and families have nutritious food to eat.

   

 

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