U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Nutrition and Your Health:
Dietary Guidelines for Americans

U.S. Department of Agriculture

 
Development of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (sixth edition)

Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans is published jointly every 5 years by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA).  The Guidelines provide authoritative advice for people two years and older about how good dietary habits can promote health and reduce risk for major chronic diseases.  They serve as the basis for Federal food and nutrition education programs.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) have begun the process of developing the sixth edition of Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, a committee of prominent experts in nutrition and health, will undertake a review of the 2000 Dietary Guidelines in light of recent scientific and applied literature and determine if revision is warranted. If so, the Committee will submit a report of its recommendations to assist the Departments in preparing the 2005 edition of the Dietary Guidelines.

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Activities of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

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Written Comments

Submit your comment on the 2004 Report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.

The formal public comment period for the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee closed on May 12, 2004.

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About the Committee

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Development of the Dietary Guidelines is coordinated by HHS's Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion and Agricultural Research Service.

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