Nutrition Committee NewsBureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1970 - Nutrition extension work |
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Page 1 - It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress, as a measure of national security, to safeguard the health and well-being of the Nation's children and to encourage the domestic consumption of nutritious agricultural commodities and other food...
Page 3 - State from its allotment under subsection (a) will be expended solely for (1) educational programs which (A) encourage home economics to give greater consideration to social and cultural conditions and needs, especially in economically depressed areas, ( B} encourage preparation for professional leadership, (C) are designed to prepare youths and adults for the role of homemaker, or to contribute to the employability of such youths and adults in the dual role of homemaker and wage earner...
Page 4 - We eat food to live, to grow, to keep healthy and well, and to get energy for work and play.
Page 4 - Suggestions for the kinds and amounts of food needed are made by trained scientists. 4. The way food is handled influences the amount of nutrients in food, its safety, appearance, and taste.
Page 3 - Jz cup cooked dry beans, dry peas, or lentils; or 2 tablespoons peanut butter. Contribution to diet: Foods in this group are valued for their protein, which is needed for growth and repair of body tissues — muscle, organs, blood, skin, and hair.
Page 4 - ... with other nutrients. 3. All persons, throughout life, have need for the same nutrients, but in varying amounts. -The amounts of nutrients needed are influenced by age, sex, body size, activity, state of health, and heredity.
Page 6 - Food Intake and Nutritive Value of Diets of Men, Women and Children in the United States, Spring, 1965, Agriculture Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, ARS-62-18 (March, 1969), hereinafter cited as the "1965 USDA Survey.
Page 2 - This authorization provided that beginning September 1, 1954, and ending June 30, 1958, funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation shall be used to increase the consumption of fluid milk by children in nonprofit schools of highschool grade and under...
Page 2 - To strengthen the agricultural economy ; to help to achieve a fuller and more effective use of food abundances ; to provide for Improved levels of nutrition among low-Income households through a cooperative Federal-State program of food assistance to be operated through normal channels of trade ; and for other purposes.
Page 9 - Health Services and Mental Health Administration, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.