Notice2022-12865
Announcement of Intent To Establish the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee and Solicitation of Nominations for Membership
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Published
June 15, 2022
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Health and Human Services Department
Abstract
The Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture announce the intent to establish a Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee and invite nominations for the Committee.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36137-36138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12865]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Announcement of Intent To Establish the 2025 Dietary Guidelines
Advisory Committee and Solicitation of Nominations for Membership
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Health; U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA), Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture
announce the intent to establish a Dietary Guidelines Advisory
Committee and invite nominations for the Committee.
DATES: Nominations must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on July
15, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Nominations may be submitted by email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eaae838f9e8b9893ad9f838e8f8683848f99aa828299c48d859c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="72361b170613000b35071b16171e1b1c1701321a1a015c151d04">[email protected]</span></a>. Alternatively, nominations may be sent to:
Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Nominations, Office of Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Health (OASH), HHS; 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 420;
Rockville, MD 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet de Jesus, MS, RD, Nutrition
Advisor, telephone 240-453-8266, Office of Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f9bd909c8d988b80be8c909d9c9590979c8ab991918ad79e968f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c286aba7b6a3b0bb85b7aba6a7aeabaca7b182aaaab1eca5adb4">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority and Purpose: Section 301 of the National Nutrition
Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341) requires
the Secretaries of HHS and USDA to publish the Dietary Guidelines for
Americans (Dietary Guidelines) jointly at least every five years. The
law instructs that this publication shall contain nutritional and
dietary information and guidelines for the general public, shall be
based on the preponderance of scientific and medical knowledge current
at the time of publication, and shall be promoted by each federal
agency in carrying out any federal food, nutrition, or health program.
The current edition of the Dietary Guidelines (2020-2025) provides
guidance on the entire life span, from birth to older adulthood,
including pregnancy and lactation. The Dietary Guidelines for
Americans, 2025-2030 will continue to provide food-based dietary
guidance across the entire lifespan to help meet nutrient needs,
promote health, and reduce the risk of chronic disease.
The 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (Committee) shall be
formed and governed under the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C., App),
which sets forth standards for the formation and use of advisory
committees. The Committee is established to provide independent,
evidence-based advice and recommendations to be considered by HHS and
USDA in the Departments' development of the Dietary Guidelines for
Americans, 2025-2030. The Committee's review and advice will focus on
the scientific questions prioritized by HHS and USDA with the potential
to inform nutrition guidance for Americans across the lifespan.
Formation of the Committee is necessary to adequately review the
science to inform the Dietary Guidelines and is in the public interest.
The Committee is expected to begin meeting in early 2023; the
Committee will meet approximately five times during its operation.
Pursuant to the FACA, all Committee meetings will be open to the
public. The Committee will be established to accomplish a single, time-
limited task. The Committee will develop a scientific report of its
recommendations that will be submitted to the Secretaries of HHS and
USDA. Upon delivery of its report to the Secretaries or when the
Committee's charter expires two years after it is filed, the activities
of the Committee will be terminated.
Structure: The Committee will consist of 15 to 20 members,
including the Chair and Vice-Chairperson. Factors to be considered in
selecting individuals to serve on the Committee include educational
background, professional experience, and demonstrated scientific
expertise in the issues to be examined by the Committee, as well as
statutory obligations under FACA and desire for a balanced and diverse
membership.
Expertise in human nutrition related to disease prevention and
health promotion for the specific scientific topics identified by the
Departments to be examined by the Committee will be sought. Expertise
will also be sought related to health equity and the scientific
approaches used to review the evidence (systematic reviews, food
pattern modeling, and data analysis). Information on the scientific
topics is available at <a href="http://www.dietaryguidelines.gov">www.dietaryguidelines.gov</a>.
Equal opportunity practices regarding membership appointments to
the Committee will be aligned with HHS and USDA policies. To the extent
possible, HHS and USDA will ensure the Committee membership is balanced
in expertise, experience, education, and institutional affiliation and
is reflective of the racial, ethnic, gender, and geographic diversity
within the United States.
Individuals will be appointed to serve as members of the Committee
to evaluate the scientific evidence, not to represent the viewpoints of
any specific group. Members of the Committee will be classified as
Special Government Employees (SGE)s during their term of appointment
and, as such, are subject to the ethical standards of conduct for
federal employees. Upon entering the position and annually throughout
the approximate 2-year term of appointment, members of the Committee
will be required to complete and submit a report of their financial
holdings.
Nominations and Appointments for Memberships: Nominees, including
self-nominees, will be considered for appointment as members of the
Committee. Only complete nomination packages submitted within the
allotted time period will be considered. To be considered for an
appointment, submission of the following information for each nominee
is required: (1) a cover letter that clearly states the name and place
of work of the nominee, the rationale for the nomination (i.e., which
specific topics they have expertise in, highlighting relevant
experience in health equity and the scientific
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approaches used by the Committee, if applicable), and a statement that
the nominee would be willing to serve as a member of the Committee, if
selected; (2) the name, address, telephone number, and email address
for the individual being nominated and the nominator, if applicable;
and (3) a copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae, limited to no more
than 15 pages.
The curriculum vitae should include the following information: (a)
education; (b) experience (current and former); (c) affiliations (food,
nutrition, public health, and/or other relevant associations, including
positions held); (d) current memberships (expert panels, committees, or
other relevant groups, including positions held); (e) peer-reviewed
publications (for past 10 years); (f) oral presentations (for past 5
years); (g) editorials, opinion pieces, and blogs (for past 5 years);
(h) grants, contracts, or research funding (for past 15 years); (i)
name of any corporation, professional society, association, panel,
company, firm, government agency (federal, state, and local), research
organization, educational institution, committee, or other organization
or institution (government, private, and not-for-profit; domestic and
foreign) in which the nominee's services have been, will be, or are
expected to be provided, with or without compensation, including on a
part-time or seasonal basis as an officer, medical staff, board member,
owner, trustee, director, expert advisor, consultant, official
spokesperson, member of speakers bureau, or expert witness (for past 10
years and upcoming); (j) other paid travel or honoraria received, not
included above (for past 5 years). If the nominee does not have
anything to report for the section(s), indicate ``none.'' Web links to
publications, presentations, and other materials available online are
requested, when available.
Where prohibited by federal law or regulations, nominations will
not be accepted directly from USDA research and promotion boards. Self-
nominations and nominations by members of research and promotion boards
in their individual capacity will be considered. Federal employees
should not be nominated for consideration for appointment to this
Committee.
Rachel L. Levine,
ADM, Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2022-12865 Filed 6-14-22; 8:45 am]
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