Dietary Guidelines for American

Moeller S, Taylor A, Tucker K, McCullogh M, Chylack L, Hankinson S, Willet W and Jacques P. 2004. Overall adherence to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans is associated with reduced prevalence of early age-related nuclear lens opacities in women. J Nutr 134 1812—1819. 

Nutrition and Your Health Dietary Guidelines for Americans," U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1980. 

United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare. 1980. Nutrition and Your Health Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Home and Garden Bull. 232. U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D.C. 

Source Adapted from Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005, U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health... 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. "Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005. Chapter 3 Weight Management." Available online. URL www.health.gov/ dietaryguidelines/dga2005/document/html/chapter3. htm. Accessed November 13, 2007. 

New Dietary Guidelines for Americans, [cited May 3, 2003]. . 

FDA reviewed the scientific evidence and recommendations of various scientific bodies, including the Institute of Medicine, National Academies of Science, an expert panel for the National Cholesterol Education Program, and the Advisory Committee on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2000. On July 9, 2003, the FDA issued a regulation requiring manufacturers to list trans fatty acids on the Nutrition Facts panel of the labels of foods and some dietary supplements. The new requirement will mean that manufacturers of most conventional foods and some dietary supplements will have to list in the Nutrition Facts panel the trans fat content of the product, in addition to the information about its overall fat content and saturated fat content. Dietary supplement manufacturers will need to list trans fat, as well as saturated fat and cholesterol, on the Supplement Facts panel when their products contain more than trace amounts (0.5 g) of trans fat. Examples of dietary supplements that may contain trans fat are energy and nutrition bars. 

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Dietary Guidelines for Americans,... 

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans have been published every 5 years since 1980 by the USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services... 

U.S. Dept, of Agriculture. 2000. Backgrounder—2000 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 5th Ed. 

Our supermarkets today provide an abundance in food choices, yet most Americans do not follow the research based advice on good nutrition summarized in The Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Instead, people plan and select a diet of traditional foods that they believe will meet their needs. In the best of cases, this can result in a balanced, healthful diet that makes a positive contribution to the quality of life. In the worst of cases, it can result in over-consumption of some nutrients, under-consumption of other nutrients, and a generally unbalanced diet that results in a general or specific decrement in health. Our goal must be to consume the variety of foods necessary to obtain in the appropriate amounts (i.e., the levels associated with the lowest prevalence of disease and longest life), all the nutrients and protective compounds found in food (1). 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Dietary Guidelines for Americans. 6th Edition U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, DC, January 2005. 

Source Adapted from the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans www.healthierus.gov/ ... 

A fat content of 20-35% is strongly recommended in the 2005 dietary guidelines for Americans released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The fat in today s diet is about 40% saturated, 40% monounsaturated, and 20% polyunsaturated. Lowering the saturated and monounsaturated fat and raising the polyunsaturated fat content of the diet is also strongly recommended. What is the basis for these recommendations Heart disease is the primary cause of death in the United States (Section 17.1), and atherosclerosis, the buildup of fatty deposits called plaque on the inner walls of arteries, reduces the flow of hlood to the heart. If a coronary artery is blocked by plaque, a heart attack occurs as a result of the reduced blood flow carrying oxygen to the heart. About 98% of all heart attack victims have atherosclerosis, and the major components of atherosclerotic plaque are saturated fatty acids and cholesterol. 

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 were released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in January 2005. These guidelines focused more attention than ever on efforts that individuals should take to reduce calorie consumption and to increase physical activity. The report identified 41 key recommendations, of which 23 are for the general public and 18 are for special populations. They are grouped into nine general topics whose key recommendations are summarized here. 

The appendices to Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 contain recommendations of food from each food group for different food Calorie levels ranging from 1000-3200 food Calories/day. 

Chapter 16 has been expanded with the addition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 and the structures of some important molecules such as beta-carotene and vitamin A. 

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