Obesity continues to rise in the US. 42.4% among adults now. There was a prediction that we'd hit 50% by 2030, but seems like we'll get there sooner. Not surprising given that nearly all trials on weight loss excluded from our #DietaryGuidelines 1/ cdc.gov/nchs/data/data…
Our nation's nutrition policy, affecting schools, military, feeding programs for elderly etc, is only for "healthy Americans"--USDA-HHS have decided. Even though Congress said the #dietaryguidelines should be for the "general public." 2/
General public is now >60% of America w/ 1 or more chronic disease. Yet Guidelines are not for them. The current committee has also excluded virtually all low-carb science and all science that contradicts continued caps on sat fats. No matter ur views, this is bad science... 3/
We don't need Guidelines that aren't "trustworthy" or "credible"- words from a Nat'l Acad of Sciences report on the Guidelines process that found many problems. ***Time to make your voice heard bc we have only weeks left until "expert" report due out 4/4 nutritioncoalition.us/take-action
