Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005

Dietary Guidelines for Americans is published jointly every 5 years by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Guidelines provide authoritative advice for people two years and older about how good dietary habits can promote health and reduce risk for major chronic diseases.

The 2005 edition of the Guidelines was released at 11 AM, January 12, 2005.

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• Press Release (en Español)

• Message from the Secretaries (en Español)

• Transcript Of HHS-USDA Press Conference:

  • Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson
  • Secretary of Agriculture Ann M.Veneman
  • Media Questions and Answers

• Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 (PDF 4.2 MB)

• Executive Summary of Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 (PDF 76 KB) (en Español - PDF 139 KB)

• Consumer Brochure: Finding Your Way to a Healthier You: Based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (PDF 255 KB)

• Key Recommendations

• Chronology

• Frequently Asked Questions

• Media Graphics (high resolution) and Audio Clips:

  • Dietary Guidelines cover
  • Consumer Brochure cover
  • Selected Illustrations: Food Groups, Nutrition, On the Go, and Physical Activity.
  • WAV audio files from remarks by Secretaries Thompson and Veneman

• Archived Webcast:

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  • For assistance, contact (301) 496-4357 or toll free (866) 319-4357.

• Ordering Information:

  • Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2005
    To purchase printed copies of this 80-page report (Stock Number 001-000-04719-1), call the U.S. Government Printing Office toll-free at (866) 512-1800, or access the GPO Online Bookstore at http://bookstore.gpo.gov/. (Available mid-February).
  • Finding Your Way to a Healthier You
    To purchase single printed copies of this 12-page brochure, call the Federal Citizen Information Center toll-free at (888) 878-3256. To purchase bulk copies, 100 copies per pack (Stock Number 001-000-04718-3), call the U.S. Government Printing Office toll-free at (866) 512-1800, or access the GPO Online Bookstore at http://bookstore.gpo.gov/. (Available mid-February).

Additional Resources

Related Topics

• Food Safety (http://www.foodsafety.gov/)
• Food Labeling (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, HHS)
• Physical Activity (President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports)
• Alcohol (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, HHS)

Tools

• Adult Energy Needs and BMI Calculator (Agricultural Research Service, USDA)
• DASH Eating Plan (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, HHS)
• Food Guide Pyramid (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
• Measuring Physical Activity Intensity (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, HHS)

Campaigns

• Healthy Lifestyles (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• 5 A Day (National Cancer Institute, NIH, HHS)
• Verb (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS)
• Milk Matters (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, HHS)

General Health and Nutrition Information

• http://www.healthfinder.gov/ (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• http://www.nutrition.gov/ (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

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