National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1987: Hearings Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, on S. 1081 ... March 1 and 22, 1988, Volumen4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988 - 775 páginas Abstract: These hearings discuss legislation to establish a coordinated national nutrition monitoring and related research program, and a comprehensive plan for the assessment of the nutritional and dietary status of the U.S. population and the nutritional quality of the U.S. food supply. Testimony is received from several federal government officials, several doctors and researchers from medical schools, and several representatives from associations and organizations with an interest in nutrition and hunger issues. |
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Página 325 - USDA are jointly sponsoring a contract to the Life Sciences Research Office of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology...
Página 367 - Please include your zip code and, for change of address, a copy of old address label. Subscription Rates: Members of The American Institute of Nutrition and The American Society for Clinical Nutrition. Inc. $15.00 per year: Nonmembers $25.00 per year (Canada and Mexico $26.00; Foreign $28.00) payable in advance.
Página 168 - All scientific work is incomplete — whether it be observational or experimental. All scientific work is liable to be upset or modified by advancing knowledge. That does not confer upon us a freedom to ignore the knowledge we already have, or to postpone the action that it appears to demand at a given time.
Página 631 - The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and the Nationwide Food Consumption Survey (NFCS) form the core of the system.
Página 4 - To establish a coordinated National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program, and a comprehensive plan for the assessment of the nutritional and dietary status of the United States population and the nutritional quality of the United States food supply, with provision for the conduct of scientific research and development in support of such program and plan.
Página 627 - ... mentioned more than once in this report. Parenthetical acronyms and abbreviations identify the parent agency and department. ASTPHND Association of State and Territorial Public Health Nutrition Directors BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (CDC/DHHS) CDC Centers for Disease Control (DHHS) CNRU Clinical Nutrition Research Unit (NIH/DHHS) CSFII Continuing Survey of Food Intakes By Individuals (HNIS/USDA) CSSS Coordinated State Surveillance System (CDC/DHHS) DHHS Department of Health...
Página 601 - Provide further, that $462,000 shall be available for a grant pursuant to section 1472 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 USC 3318) in addition to other funds available in this appropriation for grants under this section].
Página 567 - Congress, within ninety days after the date of enactment of this title, a proposal for a comprehensive nutritional status monitoring system, to include : (1) an assessment system consisting of periodic surveys and continuous monitoring to determine: the extent of risk of nutrition-related health problems in the United States ; which population groups or areas of the country face greatest risk; and the likely causes of risk and changes in the above risk factors over time; (2) a surveillance system...
Página 379 - The American Medical Students Association The American Nurses Association The American Public Health Association The American School Food Service Association The American Society for Clinical Nutrition The Association of State and Territorial Health Officers The Association of Schools of Public Health The Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine Bread for the World Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Coalition on Block Grants and Human Needs Food Research and Action Center Lutheran Office...
Página 1 - Mr. Chairman, I commend you for holding this hearing, and I look forward to the testimony of...