Replace the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA)

The DGA is intended to tell us how to be healthy and avoid disease, but has not prevented epidemics of obesity and diabetes. The DGA process needs to be changed.
The DGA is an influential document created by the Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services. It shapes dietary policy, but is not subject to a system of checks and balances and has no provision for revision based on outcomes.
The DGA implies consensus in a field that is highly controversial. It has been criticized by knowledgeable people as being inconsistent with modern research and even the government's database.
We ask the government to select a fact-finding panel of experts with no stake in nutrition policy to evaluate all sides of the issue. We believe this would lead to better advice for the American people.