Healthy People 2000 Citizens Chart the Course (1990) / Chapter Skim
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12 Nutrition
12 Nutrition
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As a result, topics covered by the 69 witnesses who concentrated on this area were many and varied. A significant amount of attention was given to the role nutrition plays in two physiological risk factors, hypertension and high serum cholesterol, which contribute to chronic diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and others.
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Cholesterol An elevated blood cholesterol level is one major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The testimony on nutrition as a way of reducing serum cholesterol levels focused on food labeling; public education; and reduction in the fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol content of manufactured food.
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studies have now shown that fat distribution is a greater risk factor than total body fat, and that sufficient data exist to add maldistribution of fat to the objectives. Bray proposes that by the year 2000, the prevalence of individuals with waist-hip measurements above the tenth percentile for age, as defined by recent epidemiologic data from North America, should be reduced by 10 percent for both males and females, regardless of initial body mass index.
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Many testifiers emphasized the importance of school meal programs for preschoolers and schoolage children. According to Carol Neill of the California School Food Services Association, school children who are hungry or malnourished suffer a range of effects from permanent necrologic defects to behavior problems, inability to concentrate, and other learning problems.
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, designed to teach children the value of a nutritionally balanced diet through positive daily lunchroom experiences and appropriate classroom reinforcement, also drew support. Carol Philipps of the Midwest Region NET Program Coordinators praises NET not only for contributing to the improvement in nutrition topic areas of the objectives, but also for helping in the related areas of dental caries, periodontal disease, obesity and overweight, eating 114 Healthy People 2000: Citizens Chart the Course disorders, and intervention against certain chronic diseases.
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f* S71' The American Dietetic Association noted that 33 state health agencies have established dietary recommendations but that barriers to implementation, such as inadequate funding, personnel, and administrative structure, interfere with progress in meeting objectives.
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Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1985 TESTIFIERS CITED IN CHAPTER 12 007 Lechowich, Karen, et al.; The American Dietetic Association 043 Conway, Dorothy; California Conference of Local Health Department Nutrition~sts 052 Duf~, Kathy; Harborview Medical Center and Wilkins, Jennifer; Pullman, Washington 053 McCarron, David et al.; The Oregon Health Sciences University 057 Egan, M Jean; Michigan Dietetic Association 063 Fletcher, Carol; Groce~y Manufacturers of America 077 Guthrie, Marilyn; Virginia Mason Clinic (Seattle)
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390 Powell, Shirley; Southeastern Michigan Food Coalition 462 Dodds, Janice; Society for Nutrition Education 496 Young, Eleanor; University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 571 Speckmann, Elwood; National Dairy Council 590 Philipps, Carol; Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction 606 Butler, Ann; Texas Department of Human Services 618 Frederick, Jacqueline; New Jersey Department of Education 627 Stokes, III, Joseph; Boston University 636 Ballin, Scott; American Heart Association 681 Kopple, Joel; University of California, Los Angeles 733 Morse, Roy; Institute of Food Technologists 735 Prothrow-Stith, Deborah; Massachusetts Department of Public Health 736 Wood, Lonng; NYNEX Corporation 739 Anderson, Jennifer; Colorado State University Nutrition 117
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