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Little furor over dietary guidelines report

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Little furor over dietary guidelines report Food Processing Every five years, USDA and the Department of Health & Human Services, the FDA's parent, develop the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and every five years it seems they garner less interest. The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, made up of 20 experts from across the U.S., made its recommendations public in July to little fanfare. Past advisory committee recommendations drew ire from sugar, salt, meat and dairy constituencies, as well as from groups that felt they didn't go far enough in provoking changes in Americans' eating habits. READ MORE

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