Dietary Guidelines May Produce Unintended Health Consequences

The 2010 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Dietary Guidelines are now public. This 445-page document has many implications for the food industry, national nutrition policy, and consumers. Aside from the obvious major action items that surround the primary issue (obesity), the modeling exercises by the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee revealed many possible unintentional consequences. In the absence of monitoring the American population with respect to nutrients of concern, compliance with the guide…