USDA Food and Nutrition Service
3101 Park Center Drive
Alexandria, VA
USA 22302
Email: jay.hirschman@fns.usda.gov
Disclosure statement:
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I manage the USDA Food and Nutrition Service program of studies, evaluations and policy analyses for many of the major national domestic nutrition programs. These studies include the School Nutrition Dietary Assessment series. I led the Federa l techncial team that validated the original Food Guide Pyramid, and participated in the work groups that developed the Healthy Eating Index (original and the update to the HEI-2005).
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.