Exhibit 556 ยท Agency scientific report
The Scientific Foundation for the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030
Because this request applies only to external experts, it does not follow federal disclosure requirements for federal employees.
Replaces the DGAC report as the evidentiary base. States that the administration 'implemented an independent evidence review process to address and correct deficiencies identified in the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee' and cites its 'health equity' lens. Nine external reviewers (Beal, Bikman, Brenna, Goran, Layman, Leidy, Taha, Volek, Zamora) 'selected through a federal contracting process'; data compiled by Christopher Ramsden (NIH). Peer review coordinated by NIH Office of Nutrition Research, two reviewers each. Table of the DGAC's 56 recommendations marked Yes, Partial or No (my count of the checkmarks: 14, 12, 30). Self-reported disclosure table, three-year lookback: Brenna lists NCBA/Texas Beef Council consulting and a research grant, Global Dairy Platform travel and Danone/Nutricia consulting; Layman lists NCBA and National Dairy Council honoraria and consulting fees; Leidy lists NCBA, National Pork Board, General Mills Bell Institute and Novo Nordisk funding; Taha lists Fonterra, California Dairy Research Foundation and Dairy Management Inc. grants; Volek lists an equity stake in Virta Health; Beal, Bikman, Goran list other interests; Zamora lists none.
- Source
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Date
- 8 January 2026
- Quoted from
- Disclosure of Nutrition-Related Private Interests, p. x
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://cdn.realfood.gov/Scientific%20Report_1.8.26.pdf
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit