Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Nutrition and Human NeedsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diet
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
Dietary Goals for the United States, Supplemental Views
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Nutrition and Human NeedsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diet
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
Dietary Goals for the United States, Supplemental Views
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Nutrition and Human NeedsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diet
Languages : en
Pages : 869
Book Description
Dietary Goals for the United States
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Nutrition and Human NeedsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diet
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Dietary Goals for the United States, Supplemental Views
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Nutrition and Human NeedsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diet
Languages : en
Pages : 972
Book Description
Dietary Goals for the United States
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Nutrition and Human NeedsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diet
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
Dietary Goals for the United States
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Nutrition and Human NeedsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diet
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309263476
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
For many Americans who live at or below the poverty threshold, access to healthy foods at a reasonable price is a challenge that often places a strain on already limited resources and may compel them to make food choices that are contrary to current nutritional guidance. To help alleviate this problem, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) administers a number of nutrition assistance programs designed to improve access to healthy foods for low-income individuals and households. The largest of these programs is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly called the Food Stamp Program, which today serves more than 46 million Americans with a program cost in excess of $75 billion annually. The goals of SNAP include raising the level of nutrition among low-income households and maintaining adequate levels of nutrition by increasing the food purchasing power of low-income families. In response to questions about whether there are different ways to define the adequacy of SNAP allotments consistent with the program goals of improving food security and access to a healthy diet, USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to conduct a study to examine the feasibility of defining the adequacy of SNAP allotments, specifically: the feasibility of establishing an objective, evidence-based, science-driven definition of the adequacy of SNAP allotments consistent with the program goals of improving food security and access to a healthy diet, as well as other relevant dimensions of adequacy; and data and analyses needed to support an evidence-based assessment of the adequacy of SNAP allotments. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Examining the Evidence to Define Benefit Adequacy reviews the current evidence, including the peer-reviewed published literature and peer-reviewed government reports. Although not given equal weight with peer-reviewed publications, some non-peer-reviewed publications from nongovernmental organizations and stakeholder groups also were considered because they provided additional insight into the behavioral aspects of participation in nutrition assistance programs. In addition to its evidence review, the committee held a data gathering workshop that tapped a range of expertise relevant to its task.
Redesigning the Process for Establishing the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030946482X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
What foods should Americans eat to promote their health, and in what amounts? What is the scientific evidence that supports specific recommendations for dietary intake to reduce the risk of multifactorial chronic disease? These questions are critically important because dietary intake has been recognized to have a role as a key determinant of health. As the primary federal source of consistent, evidence-based information on dietary practices for optimal nutrition, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) have the promise to empower Americans to make informed decisions about what and how much they eat to improve health and reduce the risk of chronic disease. The adoption and widespread translation of the DGA requires that they be universally viewed as valid, evidence-based, and free of bias and conflicts of interest to the extent possible. However, this has not routinely been the case. A first short report meant to inform the 2020 review cycle explored how the advisory committee selection process can be improved to provide more transparency, eliminate bias, and include committee members with a range of viewpoints. This second and final report recommends changes to the DGA process to reduce and manage sources of bias and conflicts of interest, improve timely opportunities for engagement by all interested parties, enhance transparency, and strengthen the science base of the process.
Health, United States
Author: Nutrition in Public Health
Author: Arlene SparkPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203507886
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Nutrition plays a key role in many areas of public health such as pre-term delivery, cancer, obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular and renal diseases. Government nutrition policy, therefore, bears a huge influence on the nation's biggest health concerns. There is a clear need for information on this topic that unarguably holds the key to the primar