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Dietary Guidelines for Americans

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans are the cornerstone of Federal nutrition policy and nutrition education activities.

The Dietary Guidelines are jointly issued and updated every 5 years by the Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS). They provide authoritative advice for people two years and older about how good dietary habits can promote health and reduce risk for major chronic diseases.

The 2005 Dietary Guidelines remain the current guidance until the 2010 Dietary Guidelines are published.


Development of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines


The process for developing the 2010 Dietary Guidelines is under way.

Click here to view the Federal Register notice (vol. 73, no. 199, pp. 60672-60673) announcing the first Meeting of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee and Solicitation of Written Comments. The meeting will be held in the Jefferson Auditorium on October 30 and 31, 2008, from 8:30-4:00 each day. The Federal Register notice provides meeting details. Click here to register for the meeting.

To submit or view public comments related to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines revision process please click the appropriate link below.

SUBMIT Comments VIEW Comments

Comments can be submitted anytime from now through completion of the Advisory Committee’s report. To ensure consideration of your comment by the Committee for the upcoming public meeting, comments should be submitted no later than 3 days prior to the closing date of the current Federal Register notice. Comments submitted after that will be considered by the Committee for the next public meeting date.

 

Last Modified: 10/15/2008

Resources
  Development of the
2010 Dietary Guidelines
  Federal Register notice announcing the 1st meeting and solicitation of public comments
     ― Website PDF / Text
  Federal Register notice calling for nominations
     ― Website PDF / Text PDF
  Timetable at a Glance
  Dear Colleague Letter
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