Nutrition Monitoring: Joint Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition and the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture of the Committee on Agriculture and the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, September 21, 1989U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 329 pages Abstract: This hearing discusses the need for a comprehensive system to coordinate the nutrition monitoring activities of the federal government. Although various surveys have been conducted over the years, a coordinated system of surveys would produce information of value to those with responsibility for federal nutrition programs. Testimony was received from several government officials (Dept. of Agriculture and Dept. of Health and Human Services), representatives of the health and nutrition departments at several universities, a representative of public health nutrition directors, and others. |
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Page 99 - This goal focuses on achieving the best possible coordination of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and the Nationwide Food Consumption Survey (NFCS) and expanding coordination efforts to include other Federal surveys that contain nutrition monitoring components. Emphasis is given to the need for improved coverage of "at risk...
Page 247 - Nationwide Food Consumption Survey. Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals: Women 19—50 Years and Their Children 1—5 Years, 4 Days, 1985.
Page 269 - Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3998, USA.
Page 290 - 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.
Page 66 - October 1988, is the latest of a series of studies involving health and dietary interviews. physical examinations, and diagnostic and biochemical testing of a representative sample of Americans. NHANES III has two primary nutrition objectives: first, to provide data for the monitoring of nutritional status, including tracking of nutrition-related risk factors and estimation of the prevalence of compromised nutritional status; and second, to provide information useful for studying the relationship...
Page 71 - USDA are jointly sponsoring a contract to the Life Sciences Research Office of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology...
Page 285 - 1978, by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20014.
Page 167 - It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States that the Department of Agriculture conduct research in the fields of human nutrition and the nutritive value of foods and conduct human nutrition education activities, as provided in this subtitle.
Page 115 - NIH-supported clinical trials and epidemiological studies have provided the opportunity to develop, test, and refine methods for measuring nutrient intake in populations. • In 1986 FDA contracted with LSRO/FASEB for a review by an expert panel of appropriate...
Page 120 - ... findings may also be adopted. Congressional needs for NNMS data interpretation for policy decisions will continue to be considered in the preparation of the required reports to Congress on nutrition monitoring. • Formal meetings of users, such as the NHANES Users Group meetings, the Nutrient Data Bank Conferences, and meetings of the Association of State and Territorial Public Health Nutrition Directors and the State Cooperative Extension Service Nutrition Specialists will be organized, where...