Nutrition-related Oversight Review: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Scientific Planning, Analysis and Cooperation of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 - 792 pages |
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... kind of a study , however , in all fairness , in which you are only looking at people for 1 day in their lifetime , there was no intent or opportunity to do any mental evaluation . All we could do is conduct cross - sectional studies ...
... kind of a study , however , in all fairness , in which you are only looking at people for 1 day in their lifetime , there was no intent or opportunity to do any mental evaluation . All we could do is conduct cross - sectional studies ...
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... kind of guideline available . But I would not want to lead my life following that computer . Mr. WELLS . Coming back to a point Dr. Schaefer made earlier , that we have gone from some 800 to some 13,000 - plus items that we can select ...
... kind of guideline available . But I would not want to lead my life following that computer . Mr. WELLS . Coming back to a point Dr. Schaefer made earlier , that we have gone from some 800 to some 13,000 - plus items that we can select ...
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... kind of needs are these programs meeting ? What is life like without them ? In LaFlore County , Miss . , we visited a small crowded house in which 15 people live . Among them were a 22 year - old girl and 1 - year - old boy , both below ...
... kind of needs are these programs meeting ? What is life like without them ? In LaFlore County , Miss . , we visited a small crowded house in which 15 people live . Among them were a 22 year - old girl and 1 - year - old boy , both below ...
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... kind of nutrition education . Do you think that should be under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Agriculture , or should that be part of the school system and the education process and , therefore , the responsibility of DÍEW ? Dr ...
... kind of nutrition education . Do you think that should be under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Agriculture , or should that be part of the school system and the education process and , therefore , the responsibility of DÍEW ? Dr ...
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... kind of budgetary question , I would reject the question . I don't think that we ought , in this country , be talking about trade offs in funding between various child nutrition programs - increases in WIC , for example , as of a trade ...
... kind of budgetary question , I would reject the question . I don't think that we ought , in this country , be talking about trade offs in funding between various child nutrition programs - increases in WIC , for example , as of a trade ...
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Page 541 - ... and promoting the coordination of all such researches and activities and the useful application of their results ; training personnel in matters relating to mental health ; and developing, and assisting States in the use of the most effective methods of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric disorders.
Page 547 - Only the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute on Aging have a life-cycle perspective on research.
Page 488 - It is for such institutions as that over which you preside so worthily, sir, to do justice to our country, its productions, and its genius. It is the work to which the young men you are forming should lay their hands.
Page 517 - United Nations agencies such as the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the United Nations Bureau of Social Affairs.
Page 63 - In the Mississippi delta, in the coal fields of Appalachia and in coastal South Carolina — where visitors ten years ago could quickly see large numbers of stunted, apathetic children with swollen stomachs and the dull eyes and poorly healing wounds characteristic of malnutrition — such children are not to be seen in such numbers.
Page 544 - COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Mr. Chairman and Members of the subcommittee...
Page 514 - ... maintain food resources sufficient to meet emergency needs and to fulfill a responsible role as a nation in meeting world food needs, 3...
Page 332 - ... efficient distribution of food between countries and within countries. Governments should initiate immediately a greater concerted attack on chronic malnutrition and deficiency diseases among the vulnerable and lower income groups. In order to ensure adequate nutrition for all, Governments should formulate appropriate food and nutrition policies integrated in over-all socio-economic and agricultural development plans based on adequate knowledge of available as well as potential food resources....
Page 331 - It is a fundamental responsibility of Governments to work together for higher food production and a more equitable and efficient distribution of food I'M ween countries and within countries.
Page 603 - COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SUBCOMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PLANNING, ANALYSIS, AND COOPERATION, Washington, DC The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:15 am, in room 2318, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon.