Articles Tagged with ''Dietary Guidelines for Americans''

In a consensus statement, a group of established U.S. and international nutrition scientists, including three former members of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, requested the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services give serious and immediate consideration to lifting the limits placed on saturated fat intake for the upcoming 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

The new guidelines support the consumption of reduced-fat dairy products. It is up to dairy marketers to figure out how to convince American adults to eat more. They fall short of the recommended three daily servings.

While the new DGA support reduced-fat dairy foods, the nutrition standards for federal feeding programs may be too strict. Changes have narrowed the types of milk that can be offered in schools.

Eating more fat-free or low-fat forms of dairy would benefit most Americans, according to the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans, released today by the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture. 

NMPF tells Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture that it is imperative that the 2015 Dietary Guidelines continue to recommend three servings of milk or other dairy foods each day.

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans are undergoing a revision in 2015, and drafts indicate the advisory committee will — for the first time — consider environmental impacts of food production as part of the criteria for food recommendations. 

The federal government says eat more seafood and less red meat. Dairy, for the most part, fares well in the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Still, the dairy industry has some concerns.

Now the fun begins. The food industry will comment on the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s recommendations.