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October 2015
Unfortunately, earlier this month the Obama administration announced its plans to leave sustainability off the menu when it releases the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans later this year -- despite the recommendations of its expert panel and support for smarter food guidelines from thousands of Americans, plus a broad coalition of food, environmental and health advocates.
It's no mystery why the administration made this decision. It's been under intense pressure from the meat industry ever since the advisory committee first uttered the word sustainability.
Government dietary recommendations are rapidly gaining attention in international climate conversations because of the outsized -- and largely unregulated -- impact of our food system, particularly meat production, on the world. Unfortunately, earlier this month the Obama administration announced its plans to leave sustainability off the menu when it releases the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans later this year -- despite the recommendations of its expert panel and support for smarter food guidelines from thousands of Americans, plus a broad coalition of food, environmental and health advocates.
It's no mystery why the administration made this decision. It's been under intense pressure from the meat industry ever since the advisory committee first uttered the word sustainability. Environmental considerations, much like dietary health concerns, aren't good for business if you're trying to maximize the number of livestock on the planet. But there's a lot more at stake in the dietary guidelines than meat-industry profits.
We may not think much about them on a daily basis, but dietary guidelines make a tangible difference in how we handle nutrition education, food in government-run facilities and schools, and federal food programs and benefits, among other things. Perhaps most importantly those guidelines are intended to support the health of Americans -- and when industry profits are put first, our health, environment and food security are put at risk.
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