Sound Bites With Melissa Joy Dobbins

The United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Health and Human Services update the Dietary Guidelines for Americans every five years. These guidelines serve as a source of guidance to inform food and nutrition programs and initiatives. They also support the development of science-based nutrition education messages and consumer materials for the general public.  Tune into this episode to learn about: the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee process and scientific report what aspects were new or different in this year’s report what the report addressed regarding nutrient density, protein quality, added sugars, alcohol and eating frequency how the pandemic might affect food and nutrition habits insight on how to improve the research process and how to put the research into practice Dr. Heather J. Leidy, MS, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Nutritional Sciences and the Department of Pediatrics-Dell Medical School. She als