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Exhibit 557

Dietary Guidelines for Americans: Strengthening Interagency Collaboration Could Help Inform Nutrition Research and Future Guidelines (GAO-24-106130)

Exhibit 557 ยท GAO report

Dietary Guidelines for Americans: Strengthening Interagency Collaboration Could Help Inform Nutrition Research and Future Guidelines (GAO-24-106130)

The committee has taken various actions to inform nutrition research but has not fully incorporated seven of the eight leading practices identified by GAO for ensuring agencies are effectively collaborating

GAO reviewed the HHS/USDA-co-chaired Interagency Committee on Human Nutrition Research and found it had not fully incorporated seven of eight leading collaboration practices; two recommendations (HHS, USDA), open at last check. The report does not evaluate DGAC membership or conflicts of interest.

Source
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Date
18 October 2023
Quoted from
GAO-24-106130 product page, Highlights, 'What GAO Found', first paragraph (Wayback snapshot 2026-01-08)
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106130
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit
Note
No GAO report on the DGAC selection process was found.

Cited by

Finding AGR-4.13
Open question No GAO report in the record evaluates the selection or conflict-of-interest process for the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. GAO-24-106130 covers coordination of interagency nutrition research.