Transcript PPT - National Journal

PRESENTATION CENTER
CHANGES TO U.S. DIETARY GUIDELINES
Less Sugar, Salt and Other Recommendations
from the New Dietary Guidelines
Highlighted Shifts of the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Guidelines Prepared by U.S. Department of Agriculture and Health and Human Services
Dietary Component
Shift
What does this mean?
Sugar
Less than 10% of daily calories should
come from added sugar
Could lead the Food and Drug Administration to regulate food
and beverage companies to list added sugars on nutrition
labels
Sodium
Lower the base amount of sodium
adults consume to 2,300 mg a day
Could lead to food and beverage companies explicitly labeling
products or foods with more than 2,300 mg of sodium,
similarly to what New York City recently implemented
Cholesterol
No longer recommend limiting
cholesterol to 300 mg a day
Cholesterol is no longer considered a “nutrient of concern”
according to the report
Protein
Men should lower consumption of red
meat and poultry
There is no explicit recommendation that all Americans
should eat less red meat, which has frustrated the American
Cancer Society, while meat industry groups praise the relaxed
final recommendations
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. 8th Edition. December 2015; Allison Aubrey and Maria
Godoy, “New Dietary Guidelines Crack Down on Sugar. But Red Meat Gets a Pass.” NPR, January 7, 2016; Ariana Eunjung Cha, “You’re Probably Eating Too Much Salt, New Guidelines Say,”
Washington Post, January 7, 2016; Peter Whoriskey, “Government Revises Dietary Guidelines for Americans: Go Ahead and Have Some Eggs,” Washington Post, January 7, 2016.
January 8, 2016 | Katharine Conlon