CNPP, HHS host media conference call to discuss Advisory Report of Dietary Guidelines

TODAY, the Department of Agriculture's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will host an embargoed media conference call to discuss the release of the Report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010. Robert Post, Deputy Director of USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion and Penelope Slade-Sawyer, HHS' Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, will provide information regarding the purpose, process, development and content of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

On Tuesday, June 15th, the Advisory Report of the Dietary Guidelines will be published for a 30-day period for public comment. Therefore, information discussed on the media conference call is embargoed until Tuesday, June 15th at 10 a.m.