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2 Opening Remarks and Perspectives from Leadership
Pages 5-8

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... She then introduced a short video, created for the anniversary symposium.1 Perspectives from Leadership in Nutrition, Science, and Health Policy Barbara Schneeman, Professor Emerita at the University of California, Davis, moderated the perspectives from leadership session. She introduced the session speakers, David Satcher and Victor J
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... However, we have a ways to go to make that a reality." -- David Satcher, 16th Surgeon General of the United States Satcher described the inequalities that exist among school-age children with regard to access to physical education and nutritious meals in school. "Schools should be a place where we can depend upon our children to get good nutrition and regular healthy physical activity," he said.
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... Programs and initiatives, such as food labeling, nutrition counseling and education, school lunch, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children; the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; and military nutrition all have benefited from the work of the FNB, he remarked. Dzau commented on the board's long history of advising the nation on dietary guidance, beginning in 1941 with the Recommended Dietary Allowances, which were subsequently replaced by the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs)
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... Among the challenges he anticipated for the board were climate change and its impact on the quality and availability of food worldwide; food safety; and personalized nutrition. Dzau remarked that the FNB was "well-positioned to take on these challenges and has a strong history to build on."
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