Partnerships

FNS Working with USDA and DHHS Agencies

• Dietary Guidance Working Group (DGWG) - The purpose of the group is to ensure consistency with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans across USDA Agencies and DHHS Agencies. To ensure that dietary guidance accurately reflects the USDA/DHHS Dietary Guidelines and Food Guide Pyramid and is supported by research-based knowledge and is objective in its presentation.
  
  
• National Nutrition Monitoring: FNS participates with the Nation Center for Health Statistics and other USDA agencies in the development of questionnaires for surveys such as the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

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