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Dietary Guidelines for Americans
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Healthy Eating Index
Interactive Healthy Eating Index and Interactive Physical Activity
Nutrient Content of the U.S. Food Supply
Interactive Food Supply
Expenditures on Children by Families (2003 is Latest)
Nutrition Insights (June 04 is Latest)
Web-Based Training
Family Economics and Nutrition Review (Volume 16, No. 1)
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CNPP works to improve the health and well-being of Americans by developing and promoting dietary guidance that links scientific research to the nutrition needs of consumers.

Center staff help to define and coordinate nutrition education policy within USDA and to translate nutrition research into information and materials for consumers, policymakers, and professionals in health, education, industry, and media. Major projects are listed to the right.

The Center is an agency of USDA's Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services.


What's New
New Brochure: Get Moving...For the Fun and Health of it!

Fifth consumer brochure in the Putting the Guidelines into Practice series.

Proposal for new Food Guide Graphic and Consumer Education Materials

Federal Register notice describing the proposed Food Guidance System and requesting public comment. Public meeting August 19, 2004, announced.

 

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2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (sixth edition)

The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Report has been released. Click here

Backgrounder: 2005 Report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee [PDF]

Federal Register Notice: Announcement of the availability of the Final Report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, a public comment period, and a public meeting

Press Release, Aug 27, '04

 



Last Updated on Thursday, October 21, 2004