ELIZABETH J. PATTERSON, South Carolina FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia

CONTENTS

Hearing held in Washington, DC, March 11, 1992.....

Statement of:

Bertini, Hon. Catherine, Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer

Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture.....

Bissell, Hon. Richard, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Research and

Development, U.S. Agency for International Development..

Hall, Hon. Tony P., a Representative in Congress from the State of Ohio...

Lupien, Director, Food Policy and Nutrition Division, Food and Agricul-
ture Organization of the U.N..

McGinnis, J. Michael, MD., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Disease

Prevention and Health Promotion, Department of Health and Human

Services......

Ramalingaswami, Dr. V., Secretary General, International Conference on

Nutrition, World Health Organization............

Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, et cetera:

Appendices: Nutrition, Supplemental material...

I-1 Average Micronutrient Intake for Various Age-Sex Groups............

II-1 Description of Federal Food Assistance Programs......

II-2 Age and Sex Specific Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs)..

II-3 Per-capita Food Availability..

III-1 Federal Research Activities.

IV-1 Additional Food and Nutrition Objectives from Healthy People

2000....

IV-2 Nutrition Monitoring Objectives from: Nutrition Monitoring in

the United States: An Update Report on Nutrition Monitoring..

IV-3 Recommendations from: Improving America's Diet and Health:

From Recommendations to Action......

IV-4 National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act and

the 10-Year Plan for Nutrition Monitoring in The United States.......

Bertini, Catherine A., Assistant Secretary, Food and Consumer Services,

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Prepared statement...

Bissell, Richard E., Assistant Administrator for Research and Develop-

ment, Agency for International Development, Prepared statement.......

Committee on Agriculture, 11th Session, Rome, Italy, April 22-30, 1991,

Supplemental material..

Dorgan, Hon. Byron L., a Representative in Congress from the State of

North Dakota, Prepared statement.

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Emerson, Hon. Bill, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Missouri, Prepared statement.....

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Final Act of the United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture, Hot

Springs, Virginia, May 18 to June 1943, Supplemental material.

Hall, Hon. Tony P., Chairman, House Select Committee on Hunger, Pre-

pared statement..

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Information Note on the International Conference on Nutrition, Theme

Papers-Issues, Supplemental material.

International Conference on Nutrition (ICN), Council, Food and Agricul-

ture Organization of the United Nations, Progress Report, 99th Session,

Rome, June 10-21, 1991, Supplemental material.

International Conference on Nutrition (ICN), Conference, Food and Agri-

culture Organization of the United Nations, Progress Report, 26th Ses-

sion, Rome, November 9-28, 1991, Supplemental material..

Federal Register Notices, announcing the availability of the draft

paper for the International Conference on Nutrition, inviting writ-

ten public comments, January 15, 1992.

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Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, et cetera-Continued International Conference on Nutrition, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, World Health Organization, Conference will begin in Rome, Italy on December 5, 1992 through December 11, 1992, Supplemental material..

McGinnis, J. Michael, MD., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Prepared statement..

Ramalingaswami, Professor V., Secretary-General, FAO/WHO International Conference on Nutrition (ICN) and John R. Lupien, Director, Food Policy and Nutrition Division, Economic and Social Policy Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Prepared Joint statement......

U.S. International Programs to Improve Nutrition, Summary, Supplement material

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