Congress Says Dietary Guidelines Needed for Americans with Chronic Disease
The House Appropriations report for 2024 includes the following language:
The Committee recognizes that the Dietary Guidelines for Americans is designed to include all Americans. Given the increase in chronic disease, the Committee directs USDA to include in the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans a dietary pattern for the treatment of diet-related diseases, including obesity and diabetes, based exclusively on rigorous data.
TNC Voices Support for the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act
We at the Nutrition Coalition would like to express our strong support for the "Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act" to allow schools to offer whole milk through the National School Lunch Program.
The Nutrition Coalition Supports Senator Grassley’s Call to Suspend DGA Process
The Nutrition Coalition strongly supports Senator Chuck Grassley’s call for suspending the development of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans until the Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services (USDA-HHS) fully disclose all financial conflicts-of-interest (COI) on the appointed expert group that oversees the science for the guidelines, called the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC).
Experts Say Conflict-of-Interest Disclosure for the USDA-HHS Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee is Inadequate, Lacks Transparency
The Nutrition Coalition and other experts expressed surprise and disappointment in the recent disclosure of conflicts of interest (COI) for the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, by the Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services (USDA-HHS).
TNC Campaign to Reduce Sugar in School Meals
In February 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed an update to the School Nutrition Standards. Some of these proposals were misguided, but one was on the right track: a limit on added sugars to 10% of calories per meal, starting in 2027.
TNC Leads Comment Drive to the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
Urge the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee members to include a question on low-carbohydrate diets and the health outcomes weight loss and blood sugar control as part of the set of scientific questions to be considered for the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.