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RESEARCH IN AGING AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS

FOR THE ELDERLY, 1971

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HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGING

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 887

DEC 19/1

DOCUM

TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT TO PROVIDE
FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
GERONTOLOGY

S. 1925

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF RESEARCH IN AGING
THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE AND INTENSIVE PROGRAM FOR
THE SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THE AGING PROCESS IN HUMAN
BEINGS

S. 1163

TO AMEND THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965 TO PROVIDE
GRANTS TO STATES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTE-
NANCE, OPERATION, AND EXPANSION OF LOW-COST MEAL
PROGRAMS, NUTRITION TRAINING AND EDUCATION PRO-
GRAMS, OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIAL CONTACTS, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

68-179 O

JUNE 1, 2, AND 14, 1971

Printed for the use of the
Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1971

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin
WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
ALAN CRANSTON, California
HAROLD E. HUGHES, Iowa

ADLAI E. STEVENSON III, Illinois

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
WINSTON PROUTY, Vermont
PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado
RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania
BOB PACKWOOD, Oregon
ROBERT TAFT, JR., Ohio

J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland

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Williams, Hon. Harrison A., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of New
Jersey, Chairman, Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare-----

Church, Hon. Frank, a U.S. Senator from the State of Idaho___

Cruikshank, Nelson H., president, National Council of Senior Citizens,

accompanied by Miss Dorothy McCamman..

Sinex, Dr. F. Marott, professor and chairman of the biochemistry depart-
ment, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass__

Hettinger, William P., Jr., Ph. D., private citizen, physical chemist, and

former advanced training grantee, NIH, National Institute of Child

Health and Human Resources_.

Eisdorfer, Dr. Carl, professor of psychiatry, and director, Center for Study
of Aging and Human Development, Duke University-
Harman, Dr. Denham, chairman, American Aging Association, and pro-
fessor of medicine and of biochemistry at University of Nebraska College
of Medicine, Omaha, Nebr_-_-

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1971

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Walters, Thomas G., president, National Association of Retired Federal

Employees, accompanied by Clarence M. Tarr, vice president....

Holmes, Douglas, Ph. D., director, Center for Community Research, New

York, N.Y..

Brickfield, Cyril, legislative counsel, National Retired Teachers Associa-
tion, American Association of Retired Persons, accompanied by Peter W.
Hughes, legislative representative, National Retired Teachers Associa-
tion, American Association of Retired Persons__.

Donnelly, Mrs. Marjorie, president, American Dietetic Association,

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C..........

STATEMENTS

Brickfield, Cyril, legislative counsel, National Retired Teachers Associa-
tion, American Association of Retired Persons, accompanied by Peter W.
Hughes, legislative representative, National Retired Teachers Associa-
tion, American Association of Retired Persons..

Prepared statement__

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Drucker, Edward M., vice president of mareting, Pronto Food Corp.,
Chicago, Ill.

Donnelly, Mrs. Marjorie, president, American Dietetic Association, North
Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C..

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Eagleton, Hon. Thomas F., a U.S. Senator from the State of Missouri,
Chairman, Senate Subcommittee on Aging..........

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Eisdorfer, Dr. Carl, professor of psychiatry, and director, Center for Study
of Aging and Human Development, Duke University-
Harman, Dr. Denham, chairman, American Aging Association, and pro-
fessor of medicine and of biochemistry at University of Nebraska College
of Medicine, Omaha, Nebr........

Hettinger, William P., Jr., Ph. D., private citizen, physical chemist, and

former advanced training grantee, NIH, National Institute of Child

Health and Human Resources..

Holmes, Douglas, Ph. D., director, Center for Community Research,
New York, N.Y.

Prepared statement_

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Percy, Hon. Charles H., a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois.
Prepared statement_

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Williams, Hon. Harrison A., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of New
Jersey, Chairman, Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.--

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Articles, publications, etc.:

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Articles, publications, etc.-Continued

Policy statement of the American Dietetic Association (excerpt from
the Journal of the American Dietetic Association)..........
"Position Paper-Socialization Through Nutrition for the Elderly,"
prepared by Douglas Holmes, Ph. D., Director, Center for Research,
New York, N. Y., at the request of Commissioner John B. Martin,
Administration on Aging, Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare__

"Slowing the Clock," from the June 11, 1971, issue of News Focus,
by Charles Bartlett_

"The American Dietetic Association Position Paper on Nutrition and
Aging," from Journal of the American Dietetic Association _ _ _
"The Health of the Aged," by Paul Dudley White, M.D., Boston,
Mass-

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235

201

290

236

107

"White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health," (final report)

131

Communications to:

Eagleton, Hon. Thomas Francis, a U.S. Senator from the State of
Missouri, chairman, Senate Subcommittee on Aging, from:
Brown, George H., Director, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Depart-
ment of Commerce, Washington, D.C., July 1, 1971.
Martin, John B., Commissioner, Administration on Aging, De-
partment of Health, Education, and Welfare, July 22, 1971_-_
Response to questions submitted by Senator Kennedy con-
cerning the Administration on Aging's position on Š. 887,
S. 1163, and S. 1925, July 23, 1971.

Walters, Thomas G., president, National Association of Retired
Federal Employees, July 22, 1971, with enclosure_

White, Paul D., M.D., Boston, Mass., June 25, 1971, with en-
closure (address delivered at Duke University).
Harman, Dr. Denham, chairman, American Aging Association, de-
partment of biochemistry, University of Nebraksa, from Gerald D.
LaVeck, M.D., Director, National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development, April 8, 1971_-.

Selected tables:

Cumulative analysis by program, NICHD.
Historical analysis by program, ÑICHD.
NICHD budgets_

NICHD Research Grants in Aging..
NIH funding history.

Summary of aging research at NICHD.

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257

275

184

106

280

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217

216

60

213

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