| Description |
xii, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
I. General Aspects of Nutrition Policy. 1. Nutrition Policy in Public Health: Rationale and Approaches / C. Peter Timmer. 2. Behavior and Food Intake: What Constitutes Effective Policy? / David I. Gregorio. 3. Food-Borne Health Risks: Food Additives, Pesticides, and Microbes / Joseph F. Borzelleca. 4. Legal Aspects of Food Protection / Barbara Blechner and Stephen Fontana. 5. Food: Production, Processing, Distribution, and Consumption / Paul Lachance -- II. Nutrition-Related Conditions and Diseases: Policies and Approaches. 6. Intervention Strategies for Undernutrition / Eileen T. Kennedy. 7. The Obesity Epidemic: Nutrition Policy and Public Health Imperatives / Barbara J. Moore, C. Everett Koop and Judith S. Stern. 8. Coronary Heart Disease and Public Health Nutrition / Aryeh D. Stein. 9. Nutrition in the Etiology, Prevention, Control, and Treatment of Cancer / Carole A. Palmer and Johanna T. Dwyer. 10. Osteoporosis / Felix Bronner |
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11. Dental Caries Prevention / Martin S. Giniger. 12. Selected Disease Entities: AIDS, Alcoholism, Diabetes Mellitus Lead and Lead Poisoning, Neural Tube Defects, Nutritional Anemias / Felix Bronner -- III. Nutrition Policies and Approaches Targeted at Populations at Risk. 13. Pregnant Mothers and Their Young Children - The WIC Program / Alma W. Cain. 14. Issues in Development of a Nutrition Policy for Preschool and School-Aged Children / Aryeh D. Stein. 15. Nutrition Policy for the Elderly / David Rush, Robert Russell and Irwin Rosenberg -- IV. Nutrition Policy Perspective. 16. Opportunities and Challenges of New Nutrition Environments: International Experiences and Implications for U.S. Policymaking / Nancy Milio |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Nutrition policy -- United States.
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Nutrition -- United States.
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Public health -- United States.
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| Author |
Bronner, Felix.
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| LC no. |
97003392 |
| ISBN |
0826196608 |
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