Redesigning the Process for Establishing the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2017)
Chapter: Appendix B: Public Workshop Agenda and Comments
Appendix B
Public Workshop Agenda and Comments
January 10, 2017
National Academy of Sciences Building—Lecture Room
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20418
| 8:30 | Welcome and Introductory Remarks |
| Rob Russell, Chair | |
| 8:35 |
Lessons from the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC)
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| 9:20 |
Systematic Reviews in Nutrition
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| 10:40 |
Developing and Planning for Systematic Reviews
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| 1:15 |
The Role of Nutrition and Diet in Preventing and Treating Chronic Disease
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| 1:45 |
Other Data Inputs into the DGA
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| 3:00 |
Dissemination and Implementation of the DGA
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At the workshop, the committee asked for a public response to two questions:
- What are the two major challenges you face in implementing the DGA?
- What are the two biggest opportunities you see for the DGA to promote chronic disease prevention and ensure nutritional sufficiency?
Responses from the public were made in person during the workshop and received online from the following individuals and groups:
Angela Amico, Center for Science in the Public Interest, on behalf of Lorrene Ritchie, University of California Nutrition Policy Institute
Tejas Bhatt, Institute of Food Technologists
Darlena Birch, National Women, Infants, and Children Association
Cara Brumfield, 1,000 Days
Robert Burns, Grocery Manufacturers Association
Jeannette Crenshaw, United States Breastfeeding Committee
Emma Gregory, American Frozen Food Institute
Colette Heimowitz, Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.
Guy Johnson, McCormick Science Institute
Casey Keller, Global Wrigley
Mark Kennedy, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Clara Lau, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
Susan Levin, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Sean Lucan, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Richard Lucas, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jim O’Hara, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Sarah Ohlhorst, American Society for Nutrition
Mary Pat Raimondi, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Tia Rains, Egg Nutrition Center
Pauline Sakamoto, Human Milk Banking Association of North America
Lee Sanders, American Bakers Association
Kristen Strader, Public Citizen
Paula Trumbo, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Joan Younger, American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Breastfeeding
Tracey Ziener, Wrigley
