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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... various Federal agencies . What activities ? SUMMARY One of the key problems with Nutrition per se is that everyone is an expert . We either " live to eat " , and thus are content to become obese , or we " eat to live " and avoid ...
... various Federal agencies . What activities ? SUMMARY One of the key problems with Nutrition per se is that everyone is an expert . We either " live to eat " , and thus are content to become obese , or we " eat to live " and avoid ...
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... various vulner- able population groups , and although usually done in populations with greater overall poverty problems , the same kinds of nutrition problems were found- usually at a much higher prevalence and of more severe nature ...
... various vulner- able population groups , and although usually done in populations with greater overall poverty problems , the same kinds of nutrition problems were found- usually at a much higher prevalence and of more severe nature ...
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... and ensures evaluation of the various nutrition delivery systems ( WIC , Child and Maternal Feeding Program ) , the Elderly Feeding Program , and Food Stamp recipients . STATEMENT OF JOHN S. MacGREGOR , PREDOCTORAL FELLOW AT ROCHE 41.
... and ensures evaluation of the various nutrition delivery systems ( WIC , Child and Maternal Feeding Program ) , the Elderly Feeding Program , and Food Stamp recipients . STATEMENT OF JOHN S. MacGREGOR , PREDOCTORAL FELLOW AT ROCHE 41.
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... various Federal child nutrition programs - school lunch and breakfast , the child - care food program , the summer food program , and special supplemental program for women , infants , and children - the WIC program . None of the ...
... various Federal child nutrition programs - school lunch and breakfast , the child - care food program , the summer food program , and special supplemental program for women , infants , and children - the WIC program . None of the ...
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... various research institutions , and translate the results so that they can become used in program and policy formulation . When Congress considers such a framework , we hope it will do what you have done today : Include consumer groups ...
... various research institutions , and translate the results so that they can become used in program and policy formulation . When Congress considers such a framework , we hope it will do what you have done today : Include consumer groups ...
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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.