Information about the Aspen Ideas Festival is here. I am scheduled for a session, The American Wellness Paradox, currently scheduled from 11:00-11:50 a.m., at the East Lawn Tent. This will be a discussion with senior HHS policy advisor, Calley Means. Here’s the blurb on it: “Americans are spending more than ever on healthcare, supplements, wellness trends, and “clean eating,” yet rates of chronic disease and metabolic illness continue to climb. As skepticism fuels the rise of movements like MAHA, debates over what Americans should eat have become deeply cultural, political, and economic. Two influential voices with sharply different perspectives on nutrition and food science explore how food systems, farming practices, consumer culture, and the wellness industry collided to create one of the defining public health debates of our time.”
What should dietitians/nutritionists say about the new dietary guidelines?
A reader writes (my edit to preserve requested anonymity):
It’s been quite the undertaking to update what to tell patients and clients about the new DGA. So many resources I’ve always referred to with MyPlate, eating patterns, and more are gone. I am now having to replace them with other resources and recommendations from the American Heart Association, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and more. We dietitians are supposed to be fully aligned with the 2025 DGA. And what about nutrition textbooks? My suggestion: “integrates the new 2025 DGA through an evidence based lens to foster critical thinking.”
Perfect! I love “integrates the new 2025 DGA through an evidence based lens to foster critical thinking.”
That’s what we all need to be doing with students, patients, clients, colleagues, friends, and family.
Let’s hear it for critical thinking!
Resource
I’ve been sent a link to a webinar on precisely this topic. I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet but I sure hope the speakers got into the weeds.
