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J. C. KING, 2005 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute and the Univ. of California at Berkeley and Davis, 5700 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland, CA 94609 The 2005 Dietary Guidelines Committee was asked to take a different approach from that of previous Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committees. Rather than just considering how the 2000 Dietary Guidelines should be changed, we were asked to conduct an evidence-based review of diet and health. Thus, we initially posed over 40 specific questions related to dietary guidance. Subcommittees were established to review questions in 8 general areas. A Science Review Subcommittee was formed to help maintain consistent standards for the reviews across subcommittees. We then thoroughly reviewed the scientific literature pertaining to those questions, analyzed national data sets, sought additional information from invited experts, and deliberated on the results. After dropping some questions because of incomplete or inconclusive data, conclusive statements and a comprehensive rationale were written for 34 of the original questions. This evidence-based analysis of the science formed the basis for the 9 major messages that the Committee recommended as the basis for the 2005 Dietary Guidelines of Americans. Although this approach was challenging and demanding for the Committee and Staff, we believe that the scientific documentation for our major messages was done more systematically and meticulously than that of previous Advisory Committees. Our process did not eliminate the need for scientific judgment in resolving issues characterized by conflicting information. However, the Committee considered such issues with care, and came to sound consensus on all questions.
Session 22, 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans: The science
2005 IFT Annual Meeting, July 15-20 - New Orleans, Louisiana |