Food Pattern Modeling News Today

USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) approved the demonstration project, Alaska Meals to You (M2Y), for the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (AK DEED), to help find an effective way to provide meals to children in rural Alaska during the summer months.

The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee's (DGAC)Health Equity Working Group and Food Pattern Modeling and Data Analysis subcommittees provided details on its pilot program to develop dietary intake patterns for American Indian and Alaska Native populations, a potential proof-of-concept for developing health-oriented and culturally appropriate protocols for other diverse groups, during its fourth meeting on Jan. 19.

A federal committee is reconsidering potatoes as vegetables. Health studies say otherwise.

Researchers modeled the effects of removing a meat/poultry serving in healthy dietary patterns.