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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... malnutrition in the United States . This hearing comes a decade after the Senate hearings chaired by Senator McGovern which left a major imprint on our country and raised our level of consciousness on the whole subject of hunger and ...
... malnutrition in the United States . This hearing comes a decade after the Senate hearings chaired by Senator McGovern which left a major imprint on our country and raised our level of consciousness on the whole subject of hunger and ...
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... malnutrition . People are just consuming too many calories for the amount of caloric expenditure . It also came as a shock to find that among poor people , the problem of obesity was just as great . They were getting excess calories ...
... malnutrition . People are just consuming too many calories for the amount of caloric expenditure . It also came as a shock to find that among poor people , the problem of obesity was just as great . They were getting excess calories ...
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... Malnutrition ( Over and Under Nutrition ) I have included , in Appendix 2 , a definition of terms which may be useful in interpreting the complexity of talking about malnutrition . the term implies a single entity , this is rarely the ...
... Malnutrition ( Over and Under Nutrition ) I have included , in Appendix 2 , a definition of terms which may be useful in interpreting the complexity of talking about malnutrition . the term implies a single entity , this is rarely the ...
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... malnutrition is : --- obesity 11 3 to 4 out of every 10 females and 2 to 3 males by age 40 are obese . --anemia ... Malnutrition The primary causes of malnutrition are indeed multiple in nature , namely : 1 . Poverty - lack of sufficient ...
... malnutrition is : --- obesity 11 3 to 4 out of every 10 females and 2 to 3 males by age 40 are obese . --anemia ... Malnutrition The primary causes of malnutrition are indeed multiple in nature , namely : 1 . Poverty - lack of sufficient ...
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... Malnutrition in vulnerable population groups . 2 , Malnutrition in relation to Debilitating Metabolic Diseases , ( Obesity , nutrition in relation to diabetes , heart disease , cancer , etc. ) 3. International malnutrition and the food ...
... Malnutrition in vulnerable population groups . 2 , Malnutrition in relation to Debilitating Metabolic Diseases , ( Obesity , nutrition in relation to diabetes , heart disease , cancer , etc. ) 3. International malnutrition and the food ...
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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.