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Redesigning the Process for Establishing the Dietary Guidelines for Americans

In September, 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report on the process used to develop the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA). This report had been mandated and funded by Congress, following concern that the DGA have failed to combat obesity and type 2 diabetes, as well as other major nutrition-related diseases.

A crucial finding of the report is that the current DGA process for reviewing the science falls short of meeting the “best practices for conducting systematic reviews,” and that “methodological approaches and scientific rigor for evaluating the scientific evidence” need to “be strengthened.” The report states, “To develop a trustworthy DGA, the process needs to be redesigned.”

—https://www.nutritioncoalition.us/the-process-of-drafting-the-guidelines-needs-reform