[Federal Register: April 26, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 80)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Announcement of Final Meeting of 2005 Dietary Guidelines Advisory
Committee and Solicitation of Written Comments
AGENCIES: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of
Public Health and Science; and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA),
Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services and Research, Education and
Economics.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (a) provide notice of the final meeting of
the Committee and (b) solicit written comments.
DATES: (1) The Committee will meet on May 26 and 27, 2004, 8:30 a.m. to
5:30 p.m. on both days. (2) Written comments on the Dietary Guidelines
must be received by 5 p.m. e.d.t. on May 12, 2004, to ensure
transmittal to and consideration by the Committee prior to this
meeting.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Georgetown,
located at 2101 Wisconsin Ave., NW., Washington, DC., in the Mirage
Ballroom. The closest metro station to the meeting location is the
Foggy Bottom station. Holiday Inn Georgetown shuttle service will be
provided between the Foggy Bottom metro station and the hotel. Limited
parking is available at the hotel; paid parking is also available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: HHS Co-Executive Secretaries: Kathryn
McMurry or Karyl Thomas Rattay (phone 202-690-7102), HHS Office of
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of Public Health and
Science, Room 738-G, 200 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20201.
USDA Co-Executive Secretaries: Carole Davis (phone 703-305-7600), USDA
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room
1034, Alexandria, Virginia 22302, or Pamela Pehrsson (phone 301-504-
0716), USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural
Research
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Center-West, Building 005, Room 309A, Beltsville, Maryland 20705.
Additional information is available on the Internet at http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines
.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: The
thirteen-member Committee appointed by the two Departments is chaired
by Janet King, Ph.D., R.D., Children's Hospital Oakland Research
Institute, Oakland, California. Other members are Lawrence J. Appel,
M.D., M.P.H., Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland;
Yvonne L. Bronner, Sc.D., R.D., L.D., Morgan State University,
Baltimore, Maryland; Benjamin Caballero, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland;
Carlos A. Camargo, M.D., Dr.P.H., Harvard University, Boston,
Massachusetts; Fergus M. Clydesdale, Ph.D., University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts; Vay Liang W. Go, M.D.,
University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Penny
M. Kris-Etherton, Ph.D., R.D., Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, Pennsylvania; Joanne R. Lupton, Ph.D., Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas; Theresa A. Nicklas, Dr.P.H.,
M.P.H., L.N., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Russell R.
Pate, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina; F.
Xavier Pi-Sunyer, M.D., M.P.H., Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York; and Connie M. Weaver,
Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Purpose of Meeting: The appointment of the Committee reflects the
commitment by HHS and USDA to provide sound and current dietary
guidance to consumers. The National Nutrition Monitoring and Related
Research Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-445, Title III) requires the
Secretaries of HHS and USDA to publish the Dietary Guidelines for
Americans at least every five years. During its first meeting, the
Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee decided the science has changed
since the 2000 edition of Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines
for Americans and further evaluation of the science was necessary.
Therefore, it has conducted a review of current scientific and medical
knowledge and will provide a technical report of any recommendations to
the Secretaries for the 2005 edition. The agenda will include review
and discussion of the Committee's draft report.
Public Participation at Meeting: The meeting is open to the public.
Because space is limited, pre-registration is requested. To pre-
register, please e-mail dietaryguidelines@osophs.dhhs.gov, with
``Meeting Registration'' in the subject line or call Marianne Augustine
at (202) 260-2322 by 5 p.m. e.d.t., May 21, 2004. Registration must
include your name, affiliation, phone number, and days attending.
Visitors must bring proper identification to attend the meeting. If you
require a sign language interpreter, please call Marianne Augustine at
(202) 260-2322 by May 12, 2004. Documents pertaining to Committee
deliberations for the final meeting, including the draft report, will
be available for public inspection and copying in Room 738-G, 200
Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C., beginning the day before
the meeting. All official documents are available for viewing by
appointment for the duration of the Committee's term, which terminates
after delivery of its final report to the Secretaries. Please call
(202) 690-7102 to schedule an appointment to view the documents.
Written Comments: By this notice, the Committee is soliciting
submission of written comments, views, information and data pertinent
to review of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. For those submitting
comments more than 5 pages in length, please provide a 1-page summary
of key points related to the comments submitted for the Dietary
Guidelines Advisory Committee. For comments with multiple attachments,
please provide seventeen copies for distribution to committee members
and staff, if feasible. To ensure transmittal to and consideration by
the Committee prior to the final meeting, comments must be submitted by
5 p.m. e.d.t., May 12, 2004. Comments should be sent to
dietaryguidelines@osophs.dhhs.gov or to Kathryn McMurry, HHS Office of
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of Public Health and
Science, Room 738-G, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20201, (202) 690-7102.
Dated: April 21, 2004.
Capt Penelope S. Royall,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Dated: April 21, 2004.
Eric J. Hentges,
Executive Director, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
Dated: April 16, 2004.
Caird E. Rexroad,
Acting Associate Administrator, Agricultural Research Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
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