TY - JOUR
T1 - Perspective
T2 - Challenges and controversial issues in the dietary guidelines for Americans, 1980-2015
AU - Nestle, Marion
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Society for Nutrition.
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/3/1
Y1 - 2018/3/1
N2 - Since 1980, every edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) has recommended increased consumption of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, but reduced consumption of saturated fat, sugars, and sodium and, therefore, their primary food sources. Every edition has generated controversy, mainly from producers of foods affected by "eat less" recommendations, particularly meat. Objections to the 2015 DGAs focused on environmental aswell as scientific issues, but also on purported conflicts of interest amongmembers of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. On this basis, critics induced Congress to authorize the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) to review the process of drawing up the guidelines. The NAM's 2017 reports should strengthen the process, but as long as science continues to support advice to reduce consumption of targeted foods, the guidelines will continue to elicit political controversy.
AB - Since 1980, every edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) has recommended increased consumption of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, but reduced consumption of saturated fat, sugars, and sodium and, therefore, their primary food sources. Every edition has generated controversy, mainly from producers of foods affected by "eat less" recommendations, particularly meat. Objections to the 2015 DGAs focused on environmental aswell as scientific issues, but also on purported conflicts of interest amongmembers of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. On this basis, critics induced Congress to authorize the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) to review the process of drawing up the guidelines. The NAM's 2017 reports should strengthen the process, but as long as science continues to support advice to reduce consumption of targeted foods, the guidelines will continue to elicit political controversy.
KW - Dietary guidelines
KW - Food policy
KW - Meat industry
KW - Public health
KW - Public policy
KW - Science vs. politics
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U2 - 10.1093/advances/nmx022
DO - 10.1093/advances/nmx022
M3 - Article
C2 - 29659690
AN - SCOPUS:85045279933
VL - 9
SP - 148
EP - 150
JO - Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.)
JF - Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.)
SN - 2161-8313
IS - 2
ER -