USDA Has Not Adopted Most of Nat’l Academies Recommendations

See our scorecard on how USDA has responded (or not) to the recommendations by the National Academies of Sciences

How have USDA-HHS responded to the NASEM recommendations, parts 1 & 2?

Our blog post on part 1:

USDA-HHS Rejects Most of Recommendations in NASEM Report, Part 1

The agencies responsible for the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) quietly dismissed improvements suggested by Part 1 of NASEM report, focused on increasing transparency of the DGA Advisory Committee and managing committee member biases.

This committee, comprised of 13-15 people, is appointed every five years to review the science to update the Dietary Guidelines.

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USDA-HHS Response to the National Academies' Report, PART 1

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USDA-HHS Response to the National Academies' Report, PART 2

The 2019 USDA letter to Congress on the agency’s response to the NASEM recommendations can be found here.

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