Should America go vegan to ward off obesity and save the environment?

Separate reports from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee make the case for Americans to adopt a plant-based diet.

2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Report Offers Food And Nutrition Practitioners Insights On Helping Americans Combat Obesity Epidemic

In an insightful Commentary in the November issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal, Chair of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, and Professor and Associate Dean, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, highlights the key features and noteworthy findings of the 2010 US Dietary Guide…

Proposed Dietary Guidelines For Americans Sharply Debated

A special article published in the journal Nutrition sharply criticizes the recent Report of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC). Authors Hite et al. argue the Report fails to conform to the standards of evidence-based medicine, despite its claimed reliance on a newly created USDA Nutrition Evidence Library…

Sports | Sebelius and fitness, exercise, nutrition, the President …

Chair fitness , exercise and nutrition (PCFSN) Council is the highest in 25 volunteers by the President Ministry of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary of the advisory committees of citizens appointed. Through its programs and …