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f for the evidence reviews, fundamental research, monitoring, and surveillance processes needed to develop and translate dietary guidance, concerns have been raised that the process of updating the DGAs every 5 y is not protected from political or external influences (e.g., political appointees, Congress, food and beverage industries, agribusiness interests, advocacy groups) (182, 184, 195). A coordinated federal approach and authority for nutrition research could help strengthen the process for objective and independent development, review, and dissemination of the best science evidence to the Am