August 2024

The 2024 Annual Meeting of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition will be held on September 6, 2024, from 1:30pm to 4:00pm ET, at the Hubert H. Humphrey building in Washington, DC. The meeting will also be viewable via livestream on hhs.gov/live. The focus of this meeting will be to share highlights from the previous year, present the 2024 Council Awards, and discuss priorities for the future...

Registration is now open for the next Healthy People 2030 webinar: Healthy People 2030: Empowering Diabetes Prevention, Treatment, and Management. This webinar will take place on Wednesday, September 25 from 11:00 am ET to 12:00 pm ET. Continuing Education Credits are available for those who register and attend the live webinar.

This blog post is part of our quarterly series highlighting the work of Healthy People 2030 Champion organizations. Healthy People 2030 Champions are organizations recognized for their work to improve the health and well-being of people in their communities and to help achieve Healthy People 2030’s goals...

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025 identified calcium, potassium, dietary fiber, and vitamin D as nutrients of public health concern because many of us do not get adequate amounts of these nutrients in our diets. Iron is also a critical nutrient for pregnant women and some infants. To help consumers and nutrition professionals identify which foods contain these much-needed nutrients, USDA and HHS have developed new tools that explain where to find calcium, dietary fiber, potassium, vitamin D, and iron in a variety of foods and beverages that meet a range of dietary preferences and cultural traditions.