DGAC Meeting to Update Dietary Guidelines

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have announced two public meetings of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) on June 13 and June 14, 2013, in Bethesda, Maryland. With an aim to create an updated version of its Dietary Guidelines for Americans report, required by HHS and USDA to be issued “at least every five years,” DGAC will reportedly evaluate new scientific evidence and resource documents to “develop a report to the Secretaries of HHS and USDA that outlines its science-based recommendations and rationale.” See Federal Register, May 30, 2013.