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There are multiple opportunities for public participation before, during, and after the Committee’s review of the evidence.

The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently published a call to action to encourage members of the scientific community and others to actively participate in the public process to develop the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, including by submitting comments to the Committee. 

Public Comments

The public was invited to provide comments to the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (Committee) on all aspects of its work for more than a year – from January 19, 2023 to October 7, 2024. Approximately 9,900 comments were received during this comment period. View the public comments to the Committee by visiting Regulations.gov (Docket ID HHS-OASH-2022-0021). HHS and USDA appreciate the public’s participation in the Committee’s work through the submission of public comments, which were reviewed and considered by the Committee throughout the process.

The Committee is now finalizing its Scientific Report which will be submitted it to the Secretaries of HHS and USDA in the coming month. Once the Departments receive the Scientific Report, it will be posted to DietaryGuidelines.gov with all supplemental documents, including data analysis, food pattern modeling and systematic review reports. Once the Scientific Report is released, a new public comment period will open to collect public input on the report. The report and public feedback will be used by HHS and USDA to inform the development of the next edition of the Dietary Guidelines.

Development Process Timeline

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