Authors: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service

Publication Year: December 10, 2024

Keywords: Culturally Informed Care, Diabetes, Medicaid/Medicare, Mental and Behavioral Health, Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), Traditional Healing, Diet, Nutrition, Non-communicable diseases, nutrition-based diseases, Cardiovascular disease

Abstract:
The Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA) established the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (Committee) to examine scientific evidence on specific nutrition and public health topics and provide independent, science-based advice and recommendations to be considered by the Departments in the development of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030. HHS and USDA identified topics and scientific questions to potentially be examined by the 2025 Committee and posted them for public comment before establishing the Committee. After the Committee was appointed, it considered the proposed questions and determined if questions should be added, refined, or removed as it prioritized questions for its review. The Committee used the criteria of relevance, importance, potential impact to federal programs, avoiding duplication, and research availability during its prioritization process. The Committee used 3 approaches to examine the evidence: data analysis, systematic reviews, and food pattern modeling. Each of these approaches has its own rigorous, protocol driven methodology, and each played a complementary role in examining the science. The type of information the Committee needed to answer each scientific question determined which approach it would use to review the evidence.

Committee topic-specific reviews of the science through data analysis, systematic reviews, and food pattern modeling including focuses on:

• Current Dietary Intakes Throughout the Lifespan
• Dietary Patterns and Specific Dietary Components Across Life Stages
• Dietary Patterns
• Beverages
• Food Sources of Saturated Fat
• Dietary Practices and Behaviors in Birth Through Childhood
• Complementary Feeding and Feeding Styles and Practices During Childhood
• Strategies for Individuals and Families Related to Diet Quality and Weight Management
• Frequency of Meals and/or Snacking
• Portion Size
• Culturally Responsive Interventions to Improve Diet
• Food Pattern Modeling
• Nutrient Profile Development
• Food Group and Subgroup Analysis
• Diet Simulations

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