The Politics and Science Behind the Dietary Guidelines has Criticized for Years
In the face of contradictory evidence: report of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans Committee.
Nutrition (2010)
Adele Hite, School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, et al.
“A Call For Higher Standards of Evidence for Dietary Guidelines”
American Journal of Preventive Medicine (2008)
Paul Marantz, Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, et al.
Letter in response to the above article:
“Do Dietary Guidelines Explain the Obesity Epidemic?”
American Journal of Preventive Medicine (2008)
Steven Woolf, MD, MPH, Dept. of Family Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH, New York University and author.
“Evidence From Randomised Controlled Trials Did Not Support the Introduction of Dietary Fat Guidelines in 1977 and 1983: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis”
British OpenHeart Journal (2015)
Zoe Harcombe, obesity researcher and author
“Saving US Dietary Advice From Conflicts of Interest”
Food and Drug Law Journal (2010)
Herman J., Saint Louis University School of Law.
“Flaws, Fallacies and Facts: Reviewing the Early History of the Lipid and Diet/Heart Hypotheses”
Food and Nutrition Sciences (2014)
Jennifer Elliot, dietician.
“Toward Healthful Diets”
National Research Council, Food and Nutrition Board, National Academy of Sciences (1980)
This was the original report published by the National Academy of Sciences challenging the DGAs when they first came out.
“The Soft Science of Dietary Fat”
Science (2001)
Gary Taubes, science journalist.