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Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: Meeting 1

On March 28-29, 2019, the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee held its first meeting at the USDA South Building in Washington, DC.

The meeting included:

• A review of operations for the Committee members;
• Overview of the topics and questions identified by the Department to be examined by the Committee;
• Presentations on the evidence-based approaches for reviewing the scientific evidence, including USDA’s Nutrition Evidence Systematic Review process, data analyses, and food pattern modeling analyses; and
• Plans for future Committee work.

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Meeting Materials:

Agenda and Meeting Minutes (coming soon)

Transcripts: Day 1, Day 2

Day 1: Thursday, March 28, 2019

Note: click into each link below to see a video from the meeting and speaker slides, if used. 

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Speakers: Eve Stoody, PhD; Brandon Lipps, JD

Opening Remarks (continued)
Speakers: Don Wright, MD, MPH; Scott Hutchins, PhD

Committee Charter, Operations and Timeline; Chair and Vice Chair Remarks
Speakers: Eve Stoody, PhD; Barbara Schneeman, PhD; Ronald Kleinman, MD

Responding to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Study on the Process to Establish the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Speaker: Eve Stoody, PhD

Approaches for Examining the Evidence
Speaker: Colette Rihane, MS, RD

Nutrition Evidence Systematic Review
Speaker: Julie Obbagy, PhD, RD

Implementing Peer-Review of 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Systematic Reviews
Speaker: David Klurfeld, PhD

Data Analysis
Speaker: TusaRebecca Pannucci, PhD, MPH, RD

Food Pattern Modeling
Speaker: TusaRebecca Pannucci, PhD, MPH, RD

Opportunities for Public Engagement and Closing Remarks for Opening Session
Speaker: Eve Stoody, PhD

Day 2: Friday, March 29, 2019

Note: click into each link below to see a video from the meeting and speaker slides, if used.

Topics and Scientific Questions to be Examined by the Committee
Speaker: Janet de Jesus, MS, RD

The State of the American Diet
Speaker: TusaRebecca Pannucci, PhD, MPH, RD

Guest Speaker: Implementing Guidance in the Real World – A Food Science Perspective
Speaker: Eric Decker, PhD

Committee Discussion
Facilitated by Barbara Schneeman, PhD (Chair) and Ronald Kleinman, MD (Vice Chair)

Committee Discussion (continued); Meeting Wrap Up and Next Steps
Facilitated by Barbara Schneeman, PhD (Chair) and Ronald Kleinman, MD (Vice Chair)
Speaker: Eve Stoody, PhD

Meeting Notebook:

During the public meeting, the Committee received a notebook with the following materials. This notebook was also available to the public for viewing at the meeting.