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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 first meeting of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee took place on October 30-31, 2008. Below are the materials from DGAC Meeting 1.

  Federal Register notice PDF / TXT
  Agenda PDF / TXT
  Expert Presentations*
    Gale Buchanan, PhD PDF / TXT*
    Robert Post, PhD, MEd, MSc PDF / TXT*
    Brian Wansink, PhD PDF / TXT*
    Penelope Slade Royall, PT, MSW PDF / TXT*
    Clifford Johnson, MSPH PDF / TXT*
    Trish Britten, PhD PDF / TXT*
  Transcripts of Meeting 1
    Day 1 PDF / TXT
    Day 2 PDF / TXT
  Minutes (Meeting Summary) from Meeting 1 PDF / TXT
  Comment Summaries

* Text versions of the Expert Presentations can be found within the meeting transcripts.


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Last Modified: March 14, 2012 02:19 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
  Adobe Reader
  Windows Media (PC)