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Updated Draft Protocols of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Now Available on DietaryGuidelines.gov

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The 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee recently held its third meeting, where members discussed their list of prioritized questions that focus on the relationship of diet and health across the lifespan. As part of the discussions, the Committee presented new draft protocols for many of the scientific questions...

Mark Your Calendar for the Next President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition Meeting

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The President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition will hold its next public meeting on Thursday, October 26, 2023, from 1:30 - 3pm ET. The meeting will be virtual and is open the public. At the meeting the Council subcommittees will provide updates to the full Council on the progress of current initiatives and next steps in their advancement...

Check-out Healthy People’s New "5 Things to Know About Health Equity" Video

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Healthy People just released a new "5 Things to Know About Health Equity" video! Achieving health equity requires valuing everyone equally with focused and ongoing societal efforts to address avoidable inequalities, historical and contemporary injustices, and social determinants of health — and to eliminate disparities in health and health care. This short video emphasizes the importance of health equity in improving national health goals and talks about ways that organizations can use Healthy People 2030 to improve health equity.