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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 fifth meeting of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee took place on April 13-14, 2010. (The meeting was originally scheduled for early February but was postponed due to inclement weather in the DC area.) Below are the materials for DGAC Meeting 5. This meeting was held via Webinar format.

  Federal Register notice PDF / TXT
  Computer and audio tips PDF / TXT
  Webinar FAQs PDF / TXT
  Agenda PDF / TXT
  Additional resources
    Charts and tables
      Grading the Evidence PDF
      Sodium and Potassium Correlations PDF
      Sodium - Usual Intakes from Food and Water PDF
      Potassium - Sources Among the US Population HTM
      Selected Nutrients from Coffee and Tea PDF
      Intakes of Energy and Macronutrients by Children PDF
    Technical reports
      Fruit and Vegetable Washing Practices: Estimates from the 2006 FDA/FSIS Food Safety Survey* PDF / TXT
      Food Handling Behaviors: Estimates from the 2006 FDA/FSIS Food Safety Survey* PDF / TXT
      Alcoholic Beverage Consumption by Adults 21 Years and Over in the United States: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003-2006 PDF
      * Source: 2006 FDA/FSIS Food Safety Survey, Division of Social Sciences, Office of Regulations, Policy and Social Sciences, CFSAN
  Archived recordings of Meeting 5 PDF / TXT*
Download WebEx Player to play the .wrf files
  Transcripts of Meeting 5
    Day 1 PDF
    Day 2 PDF
  Minutes (meeting summary) from Meeting 5 PDF
  Comment summaries

* Text versions of the archived (audio) recordings and the expert presentations can be found within the meeting transcripts.


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Last Modified: March 14, 2012 02:25 PM

Resources
 
Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010
(1/31/11)
 
    • Policy Document
• Press Release
• Executive Summary
• Selected Messages
• Backgrounder
Questions & Answers
• Public Comments
• Slide Presentation 
• Consumer Brochure << NEW
• Message Calendar << NEW
 
 
2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
 
    Report to the Secretaries of USDA and HHS (6/15/10)  
    Media Briefing
  • Audio MWV
  • Transcript PDF / TXT
 
   
Committee Meetings
 
First Meeting
 
Second Meeting
 
Third Meeting
 
Fourth Meeting
 
Fifth Meeting
 
Sixth (Final) Meeting
 
   
Committee Members
  • Nominations PDF / TXT
  • Committee PDF / TXT
  • Timetable PDF / TXT
 
   
Related Materials
 
Nutrition Evidence Library
  • Previous Guidelines
  • Related Topics 
  • Earn CPE Credits
 
 
Downloads
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  Windows Media (PC)