Month: February 2015

The 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, a group of prestigious outside experts, submitted its recommendations to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, in order to inform the 2015 edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Today, the Secretaries have released the advisory committee's recommendations report online, making it available for public review and comment. The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA) will consider this report, along with input from other federal agencies and comments from the public as they develop the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2015, to be released later this year. …

Half of consumers around the world in Nielsen’s Global Health & Wellness Survey say they’re actively trying to lose weight, and 75% of them plan to achieve that goal by changing their diet. Unfortunately, the road to good health isn’t always paved with good intentions. So do desires materialize where it counts—at the point of sale? A review of purchasing trends between 2012 and 2014 for selected healthy, indulgent and semi-healthy categories sheds light on what consumers are buying when they get to the register. …