Nutrition education research is the basis for policy and practice, whether we are guiding individuals or communities or countries. For instance, the research base for MyPyramid was published as a JNEB supplement. 1 Murphy S.P. guest ed Development of MyPyramid food guidance system. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2006; 38: S77-S161 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF Scopus (6) Google Scholar More recently, JNEB authors evaluated how people understand the term “healthy eating” 2 Bisogni C.A. Jastran M. Seligson M. Thompson A. How people interpret healthy eating: contributions of qualitative research. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2012; 44: 282-301 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (144) Google Scholar and Levine et al provided a framework for evaluating MyPlate. 3 Levine E. Abbatangelo-Gray J. Mobley A.R. McLaughlin G.R. Herzog J. Evaluating MyPlate: an expanded framework using traditional and nontraditional metrics for assessing health communication campaigns. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2012; 44: S2-S12 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (29) Google Scholar The United States Department of Agriculture’s Nutrition Evidence Library also is moving our profession closer to preventive and therapeutic nutrition messages that have substantial research to support our statements. Indeed, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 4 US Department of Agriculture and US Department of Health and Human ServicesDietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010. 7th ed. US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC2010 Google Scholar and Healthy People 2020 5 US Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2020. http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/default.aspx. Updated November 20, 2012. Accessed November 21, 2012. Google Scholar have relied on this research when developing both the specific nutrition goals and the messaging that we communicate to consumers.