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JAMA Viewpoint Draws Attention to Fat Intake Recommendations by DGAC
The JAMA authors recommend that HHS and the US Department of Agriculture pay attention to DGAC's recommendations on fat intake, which do not include an upper limit on total fat consumption.
As Frank Hu, MD, MPH, PhD, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health and a member of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC), outlined in his presentation during Patient-Centered Diabetes Care 2015, held in Boston, the DGAC recommends that the limit on calories from fat to 30% total calories can be lifted and cholesterol should be removed from the list of “nutrients of concern.”
Now, an opinion piece in the Journal of the American Medical Association the US Department of Agriculture and HHS heed these recommendations when developing the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which, say the authors have a "far-reaching influence across the food supply," from schools to restaurant recipes to the military. The authors draw particular attention to the fact that the committee has eliminated an upper limit on total dietary fat intake, recommending instead that dietary fat should be optimized and well-balanced.
Dr Kathryn Lindley on Pregnancy-Related Cardiovascular Care Gaps and Training Initiatives
December 8th 2023Cardiologists need skills in risk assessment, contraception counseling, and hypertension management for pregnant patients, according to Kathryn Lindley, MD, FACC, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
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Understanding the Unmet Need for Therapies to Treat Rare Bile Duct Cancer
May 24th 2022On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we bring you an excerpt of an interview with a co-chair of the 2022 Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation (CCF) annual conference, held earlier this year, about the significant unmet therapy needs facing most patients with this rare cancer.
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What We’re Reading: RSV Vaccine Demand; Permanent Contraception; Drug Negotiation Impact
December 8th 2023The Biden administration recently met with manufacturers of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunizations to encourage them to increase access to the vaccine; since the Dobbs v Jackson decision, many patients have been seeking more permanent reproductive health care solutions; a Mathematica analysis showed that Medicare prescription drug price negotiations could have cut seniors’ out-of-pocket costs by nearly a quarter had the program been in effect in 2021.
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