Nutrition : eating for good health / foreword by Mike Espy.

Contributor(s): Publication details: U.S.A : United States department of agriculture. Description: vii, 208 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 612.3 NUT
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Contents;

Part I: Your food choices
Diets of Americans
Making healthy food choices
Using the new nutrition label to make choices
Bringing nutrition to life in New York's schools

Part II: USDA nutrition research
Recent advances in maternal and infant nutrition
Recent advances in nutrition: From adolescence to adulthood
Nutrition and cardiovascular fitness
Maintaining a strong skeleton
Nutrition and a robust immune system
Energy metabolism
Bioavailability: How the nutrients in food become available to our bodies
Nutrition, brain function, and behavior
Nutritional needs of the elderly
Developing research talent for the future

Part III: Domestic food assistance programs
Feeding America's future: USDA's child nutrition programs
Food and nutrition service programs serving special populations
A sturdy safety net - food stamps
Helping low-income Americans with USDA commodities
Gleaning

Part IV: International nutrition: Focus on developing countries
Nutritional status of people in developing countries
Composition of diets in nutrient-deficient countries
Dysfunctional food economies: The case of the republics of the former USSR
The role of trade and food aid in meeting global food needs
Prospects for improving the global food support system
International conference on nutrition

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