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ASN 3-Part Webinar Series: Exploring Evidence Gaps Highlighted by the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s Review of the Science

ASN’s 3-part webinar series provides support navigating the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) and takes a deeper dive into topics where the DGAC found the evidence to be lacking.
 
Topics and areas to be covered include future needs for adolescent nutrition research, how food pattern modeling and diet simulations can be used to analyze diet quality and support research, understanding implementation science and behavioral nutrition factors that influence dietary intake and health, and accommodating for cultural responsiveness in behavioral nutrition strategies.

These webinars will showcase the current state of the evidence on each of these topics, based on the recent 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee review of the evidence. In addition to the webinar titled Implementation and Behavioral Science: Helping Americans Consume a Healthy Diet, the other webinars in the series include:

• Nutrition and the Health of Adolescents (Recording)
• The Use of Food Pattern Modeling and Diet Simulations to Improve Health Equity of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (Recording)

Speakers

Understanding Implementation Science
Hollie Raynor, PhD, RD, LDN
Professor of Nutrition and Executive Associate Dean of Research and Operations, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and member of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee 

Understanding Behavioral Nutrition
Jennifer Orlet Fisher, PhD
Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Associate Director, Center for Obesity Research and Education (CORE), Temple University, and member of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

Cultural Responsiveness to Behavioral Nutrition Factors
Cristina Palacios, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, Florida International University, and member of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee 

Moderator

Deanna M. Hoelscher, PhD, RD, LD, CNS, FISBNPA
John P. McGovern Professor in Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, founding Director of the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, and Associate Regional Dean for Research, UT Health Houston School of Public Health and member of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee 

Learning Objectives

1. Understand what implementation science is and how it differs from behavioral science 
2. Understand behavioral nutrition factors that influence dietary intake and health
3. Learn how to allow for cultural responsiveness in behavioral nutrition strategies 

New! Tip Sheet Now Available for Download

Access our new tip sheet exploring the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC). Our tip sheet will help you: Understand key themes Learn how to design your research to align with 2025 DGAC recommendations Explore new focus areas emphasized by the 2025 DGAC Click the picture to view or download the Tip Sheet!