Food and Nutrition

USDA and HHS are seeking written comments from the public on the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s work. The Advisory Committee met on July 10 and 11 for their second of five public meetings. During this meeting, committee members presented and discussed the protocols — or plans — for how they will use one of three rigorous, scientific approaches to review the evidence for 40 of the scientific questions on nutrition and health...

The Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and the Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar announced the appointment of 20 nationally recognized health and nutrition experts to serve on the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. The independent Advisory Committee will review the scientific evidence on topics and questions identified by USDA and HHS and will provide a report to the Secretaries...

By Julia Quam, MSPH, RDN, ORISE Prevention Science Fellow, ODPHP and Janet De Jesus, MS, RD, Nutrition Advisor, ODPHP January is a time when people often reflect on the previous year and resolve to make changes. For many people, this means healthy eating and physical activity are top of mind. As a health professional, you want to support your patients or clients as they embark on healthy lifestyle changes...

Read this blog post to learn how the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is collecting new nutrition data for children from birth to age 24 months.