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The 2020 Guidelines Process

An overview of the 2020 Guidelines process.

The 2020 Dietary Guidelines is now published. See some of our coverage of this process here.

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Who’s On the Guidelines Committee
Who’s On the Guidelines Committee

Who’s on the 2020 Guidelines Committee and What Are Their Conflicts of Interest?

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95% of Expert Committee for the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Had Tie with a Food or Pharmaceutical Company

The vast majority of experts appointed to oversee the science for the current Dietary Guidelines had at least one tie with a food or pharmaceutical company, according to a groundbreaking paper published in Public Health Nutrition in 2022.

First-ever Birth-24 Month Dietary Guidelines: Deliberations and Complications
First-ever Birth-24 Month Dietary Guidelines: Deliberations and Complications

USDA-HHS are Issuing the First-Ever Guidelines for the Birth-24 months Population: Is This a Good Idea?

Unbalanced, One-sided Subcommittee on Dietary Fats
Unbalanced, One-sided Subcommittee on Dietary Fats

Do saturated fats cause heart disease? This question has once again come under consideration by the Dietary Guidelines Advisory committee, an expert group appointed every five years to update the science for the Dietary Guidelines.

Dietary Guidelines Experts Again Condemn Saturated Fats, Ignore Rigorous Evidence
Dietary Guidelines Experts Again Condemn Saturated Fats, Ignore Rigorous Evidence

This week, the USDA released its draft conclusions for the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), and the cap on saturated fats look likely to stay firmly in place .

Meetings of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
Meetings of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

The Nutrition Coalition Is the Only Source of Independent, Professional Transcripts for These Meetings. See, also, our analysis.

Nutrition Coalition Submits Final Public Comments to USDA re: 2020 Expert Report
Nutrition Coalition Submits Final Public Comments to USDA re: 2020 Expert Report

The Nutrition Coalition submitted its public comments to the USDA regarding the final expert report by the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.

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