“Dietary guidance—what to eat and how much—can be meaningful and usable for everyone,” says Dr. Sameera Talegawkar, a nutritional epidemiologist and GW professor affiliated with the Global Food Institute and Milken Institute School of Public Health.
In a new Q&A, Dr. Talegawkar spoke with GFI’s Priya Fielding-Singh about chairing the first-ever Health Equity Working Group for the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. She pulls back the curtain on the policy-making process—and explains how research on health across racial, educational, and economic lines can lead to more equitable nutrition policy.
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