Today! 11-3PM ET, tweet to #DelaytheDGA until the expert panel includes ALL the science in the Dietary Guidelines expert report. Currently all trials on weight loss, low-carb excluded. Sat fat reviews of last 10y excluded. @HouseAgGOP @HouseAgDems @HouseAppropsGOP @AppropsDems 1/
DGA methodology is a black box. Lack of transparency , eg. not disclosing sig. conflicts of interest on expert panel, which include major ties to food and pharma industries. #DelaytheDGA @HouseAgGOP @HouseAgDems @HouseAppropsGOP @AppropsDems 2/
DGA has no advice for anyone diagnosed w/ chronic illness including obesity, diabetes, heart disease, fatty liver disease, etc. Even tho these are DIET-related diseases. Obesity now at 42.4% in US. #DelaytheDGA @HouseAgGOP @HouseAgDems @HouseAppropsGOP @AppropsDems 3/
USDA hasn't adopted most recs by Nat'l Academies of Sciences, in its 2017, Congressionally mandated report costing taxpayers $1M. Report said w/o change, DGA would not be "reliable" or "trustworthy." #DelaytheDGA @HouseAgGOP @HouseAgDems @HouseAppropsGOP @AppropsDems 4/
"Slow" pandemics of diet-related chronic diseases altogether kill 1.8M people a year. We need to treat these epidemics as urgently as we do Covid. How can our DGA exclude the majority of Americans?#DelaytheDGA @HouseAgGOP @HouseAgDems @HouseAppropsGOP @AppropsDems /fin
