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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA |
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5105.0: Wednesday, December 14, 2005: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | |||
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| The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) form the basis for national nutrition policy in the United States. The DGAs were first issued in 1980 and are updated every five years by the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services following a review of the current science by a formal federal advisory panel. The 2005 DGAs include some significant changes from past versions, reflecting completion of the decade long update of the Dietary Reference Intakes by the Institute of Medicine. The 2005 DGAs were recently issued, and have been used to update the 1992 Food Guide Pyramid to “MyPyramid”, a widely-used graphic symbol that represents the need to balance the components of good nutrition and now incorporates physical activity. Federal law also requires meals reimbursed through the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to be consistent with the DGAs. This session will trace the policy-to-practice chain from the science and processes underlying the DGAs and MyPyramid to implementation in Federal and local school food service. Speakers include experts at each level of the process. | |||
| Learning Objectives: 1. At the completion of the session, participants will be able to describe the process used to develop the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPyramid from the underlying science. 2. At the completion of the session, participants will be able to describe key policy considerations in converting the DGAs, the Dietary Reference Intakes and MyPyramid into Federal policy for the school meals programs. 3. At the completion of the session, participants will be able to describe key policy and practical considerations in implementing the DGAs, MyPyramid and Federal school meals policy and in local school food service. | |||
| Jay D. Hirschman, MPH, CNS | |||
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans: The Scientific Basis for Federal Nutrition Policy ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} Kimberly Stizel, MPH, RD | |||
| MyPyramid: The Scientific Basis for Federal Food Guidance System Eric Hentges, PhD | |||
| Applying Dietary Guidelines in National School Meals Programs Federal Policy Jay D. Hirschman, MPH, CNS | |||
| Policy to Practice: Applying Federal Dietary Guidelines and Policy in Local Schools Pat Farris, RD, Barbara Parnell | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Food and Nutrition | ||
| Endorsed by: | Maternal and Child Health | ||
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA