Experts Weigh in on USDA Dietary Guidelines

Monday, 28 June 2010 | by Pat's Picks

The USDA released it dietary guidelines for 2010 this month and is asking the public to comment on them. The LA Times asked several nutrition experts what they thought of the revamped rules, which haven’t changed much despite the country’s precipitous fall into an obesity epidemic. The biggest problem seems to be that in their attempt to keep the public well-informed, the USDA has served up a super-sized portion of advice that, for most Americans, will be hard to swallow.

To read the guidelines and comment, visit the USDA’s public site

More about the 2010 guidelines