TY - JOUR T1 - Aligning policies on nutrition, food, environment for sustainable future JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 3 LP - 3 VL - 45 IS - 2 AU - Shiriki Kumanyika Y1 - 2015/03/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/45/2/3.1.abstract N2 - In 1977, a Senate committee released a report with recommended dietary goals for Americans. The goals began a major shift in U.S. national nutrition policy toward measures to reduce causes of death such as heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes. The report suggested that Americans decrease intakes of salt, fat, sugar, cholesterol and meat, and increase consumption of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and fish. ER -