Tag: United States government
2015 Dietary Guidelines
Dietary Guidelines
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans encourages individuals to eat a healthful diet — one that focuses on foods and beverages that help achieve and maintain a healthy weight, promote health, and prevent chronic disease. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) jointly publish the Dietary Guidelines every 5 years. Learn more:
The 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (Committee) submitted the Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (Advisory Report) to the Secretaries of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in February 2015. The purpose of the Advisory Report is to inform the Federal government of current scientific evidence on topics related to diet, nutrition, and health. It provides the Federal government with a foundation for developing national nutrition policy. However, the Advisory Report is not the Dietary Guidelines for Americans policy or a draft of the policy. The Federal government will determine how it will use the information in the Advisory Report as the government develops the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. HHS and USDA will jointly release the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2015 later this year.
Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
Each section of the Advisory Report below links to text for that section. A printable PDF is also provided. The PDF provides page and line numbers that the public can use when submitting written comments.
Letter to the Secretaries – [Download as a PDF – 422KB]
Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Membership – [Download as a PDF – 114KB]
Part A: Executive Summary – [Download as a PDF – 283KB]
Part B: Setting the Stage and Integrating the Evidence
- Chapter 1: Introduction – [Download as a PDF – 505KB]
- Chapter 2: 2015 DGAC Themes and Recommendations: Integrating the Evidence – [Download as a PDF – 89KB]
Part C: Methodology – [Download as a PDF – 143KB]
Part D: Science Base
- Chapter 1: Food and Nutrient Intakes, and Health: Current Status and Trends – [Download as a PDF – 5.6MB]
- Chapter 2: Dietary Patterns, Foods and Nutrients, and Health Outcomes – [Download as a PDF – 952KB]
- Chapter 3: Individual Diet and Physical Activity Behavior Change – [Download as a PDF – 276KB]
- Chapter 4: Food Environment and Settings – [Download as a PDF – 607KB]
- Chapter 5: Food Sustainability and Safety – [Download as a PDF – 837KB]
- Chapter 6: Cross-Cutting Topics of Public Health Importance – [Download as a PDF – 305KB]
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), formerly the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM), is a United States government agency that investigates complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) healing practices in the context of rigorous scientific methodology, in training complementary and alternative medicine researchers, and in disseminating authoritative information to the public and professionals.
The NCCAM is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH) within the Department of Health and Human Services of the federal government of the United States. The NIH is one of eight agencies under the Public Health Service (PHS) in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
The forms of medical systems covered include:[4]
- Whole medical systems such as homeopathy, naturopathy, traditional Chinese medicine, and ayurveda.
- Mind-body medicine such as meditation, prayer, mental healing, art therapy, music therapy, and dance therapy.
- Biologically based practices such as dietary supplements, herbal supplements, and scientifically unproven therapies such as shark cartilage.[5]
- Manipulative and Body-Based Practices such as spinal manipulation (both chiropractic and osteopathic) and massage.
- Energy therapies such as qigong, reiki, therapeutic touch, and electromagnetic therapy.
External links
- NCCAM home page
- NCCAM research results
- NCCAM Clearinghouse, the public point of contact for scientifically based information on CAM and for information about NCCAM
- NCCAM Congressional appropriations
- Why the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) Should Be Defunded Essay by Wallace I. Sampson, M.D.
- Committee for Skeptical Inquiry