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2016 Diet Guide Departs from Previous Recommendations

Summary: How do this year's recommendations differ from 2015?
Air Date: 1/22/16
Duration: 10
Host: Leigh Vinocur, MD
Guest Bio: David Katz, MD
David Katz David Katz, MD, MPS, FACPM, PACP, FACLM is the founding director (1998) of Yale University's Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, and current President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

He earned his BA degree from Dartmouth College (1984); his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1988); and his MPH from the Yale University School of Public Health (1993). He completed sequential residency training in Internal Medicine, and Preventive Medicine/Public Health. He is a two-time diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, and a board-certified specialist in Preventive Medicine/Public Health. He has received two Honorary Doctorates.

Dr. Katz has published roughly 200 scientific articles and textbook chapters, and 15 books to date, including multiple editions of leading textbooks in both Preventive Medicine and nutrition. Recognized globally for expertise in nutrition, weight management and the prevention of chronic disease, he has a social media following of well over half a million.

In 2015, Dr. Katz established the True Health Initiative to help convert what we know about lifestyle as medicine into what we do about it, in the service of adding years to lives and life to years around the globe.
2016 Diet Guide Departs from Previous Recommendations
The U.S. government released the new dietary guidelines for 2016, and many experts were unhappy.

The 2016 dietary guidelines closely resemble the 2010 version but with an added focus on dietary patterns, and not so much on individual foods.

With health diseases like obesity, diabetes, and heart disease on the rise within the U.S., the dietary guidelines recommends reducing the amount of added sugars and sugar sweetened drinks from the American diet.

What else can you expect from the 2016 dietary guidelines?

Listen in as David Katz, MD, explains the 2016 dietary guidelines and what they mean for you and your family.