Congress To Nutritionists: Dont Talk About The Environment A government-appointed group of top nutrition experts, assigned to lay the scientific groundwork for a new version of the nations dietary guidelines, decided earlier this year to collect data on the environmental implication of different food choices. Congress now has slapped them down. Lawmakers attached a list of congressional directives to a massive spending bill that was passed by both the House and the Senate in recent days. One of those directives expresses concern that the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee is showing an interest in incorporating agriculture production practices and environmental factors into their recommendations, and directs the Obama administration to ignore such factors in the next revision of the guidelines, which is due out next year. npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/12/15/370427441/congress-to-nutritionists-dont-talk-about-the-environment
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:00:00 +0000
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