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September 2023

There’s Still Time to Register for the Third Meeting of the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

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On September 12 and 13, HHS and USDA will host the third meeting of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. The Committee is tasked with reviewing the current body of science on key nutrition and public health topics and developing a scientific report that includes its independent assessment of the evidence and recommendations for HHS and USDA as they develop the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030...

Third Meeting of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee to Convene September 12 - 13, 2023

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On September 12 and 13, HHS and USDA will host the third meeting of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. The Committee is tasked with reviewing the current body of science on key nutrition and public health topics and developing a scientific report that includes its independent assessment of the evidence and recommendations for HHS and USDA as they develop the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030. The Committee’s report, public comments, and input from other federal nutrition experts will help inform HHS and USDA as the Departments develop the milestone 10th edition.

Reframing Aging

Health and Well-Being Matter. ODPHP Director RDML Paul Reed, MD.

In observance of Healthy Aging Month, Patricia D’Antonio, Executive Director for the National Center to Reframe Aging recently joined ODPHP Director Paul Reed for a discussion on the myriad ways we encounter, and even perpetuate, ageism in our everyday lives, and the importance of dispelling negative public perceptions of older adulthood and revisiting aging as not something that we “arrive at”, but rather a continuous process that we experience throughout our lifecycle.