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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... indicator of nutritional status in the populations under consideration . Table I shows the distribution of head circumference at three income levels for infants and children in the TSNS , and children in the PNS compared with standards ...
... indicator of nutritional status in the populations under consideration . Table I shows the distribution of head circumference at three income levels for infants and children in the TSNS , and children in the PNS compared with standards ...
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... indicators of poor nutrition were reported , documented and publicized . There was a de- mand for a federal assessment of the extent of hunger ; insistence that the government determine the extent and nature of malnutrition and ...
... indicators of poor nutrition were reported , documented and publicized . There was a de- mand for a federal assessment of the extent of hunger ; insistence that the government determine the extent and nature of malnutrition and ...
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... indicator in our population - down to about 17 percent the first quarter of 1977 - except for our infants and children who have participated in the WIC program . In our evaluation of the Louisiana WIC program done in 1975 , low levels ...
... indicator in our population - down to about 17 percent the first quarter of 1977 - except for our infants and children who have participated in the WIC program . In our evaluation of the Louisiana WIC program done in 1975 , low levels ...
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... indicators from surveys done in cooperation with Tulane University Medical Center , the 10 - State nutrition survey , some of our own studies , the surveillance program - EPSDT - children WIC , and other studies conducted by our medical ...
... indicators from surveys done in cooperation with Tulane University Medical Center , the 10 - State nutrition survey , some of our own studies , the surveillance program - EPSDT - children WIC , and other studies conducted by our medical ...
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... indicators of overnutrition and their implications for intervention programs and patient care . [ The prepared ... indicator in our population ( down 81.
... indicators of overnutrition and their implications for intervention programs and patient care . [ The prepared ... indicator in our population ( down 81.
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Page 557 - ... 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 623 - 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.
Page 533 - United Nations agencies such as the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the United Nations Bureau of Social Affairs.
Page 560 - COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Mr. Chairman and Members of the subcommittee...
Page 530 - ... maintain food resources sufficient to meet emergency needs and to fulfill a responsible role as a nation in meeting world food needs, 3...
Page 440 - Many elderly persons do not eat adequately because (1) they cannot afford to do so ; (2) they lack the skills to select and prepare nourishing and well-balanced meals; (3) they have limited mobility which may impair their capacity to shop and cook for themselves; and (4) they have feelings of rejection and loneliness which obliterate the incentive necessary to prepare and eat a meal alone. These and other physiological, psychological, social, and economic changes that occur with aging result in a...
Page 563 - Only the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute on Aging have a life-cycle perspective on research.
Page 335 - 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 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 528 - Toward a National Nutrition Policy The past year may represent a turning point in history.. Numerous developments including the energy crisis, inflation, rising food costs and depletion of our food reserves have convinced many knowledgable people that we are now entering an era which will be characterized by a shortage of resources including food. The high energy cost of producing food makes it clear that food and the energy supply are inextricably linked. For the first time, the capacity of the...