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Nutrition in public health : principles, policies, and practice /

"Examines the application of nutritional policy to dietary guidance, health promotion, and the practice of public health nutrition. The book has been updated to maintain relevancy of nutrition information, references, and resources. Highlights from the second edition: legislation such as the He...

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Main Authors: Spark, Arlene, 1945
Group Author: Dinour, Lauren M; Obenchain, Janel
Published: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group,
Publisher Address: Boca Raton, FL :
Publication Dates: [2015]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: Second edition.
Subjects:
Nutrition policy > United States
Nutrition > United States
Public Health > United States
Diet in disease
Summary: "Examines the application of nutritional policy to dietary guidance, health promotion, and the practice of public health nutrition. The book has been updated to maintain relevancy of nutrition information, references, and resources. Highlights from the second edition: legislation such as the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, Agricultural Act of 2014 (Farm Bill), and proposals for the next Farm Bill; discussions of study designs, the SEED-SCALE model for health promotion, health disparities and health equity, worksite wellness, Let's Move!, and other initiatives; impact of the ACA on men
Carrier Form: xxiv, 623 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781466589940
1466589949
Index Number: TX360
CLC: R199.712
R15-171.2
Call Number: R15-171.2/S736/2nd ed.
Contents: Public health and nutrition -- Preventing disease or promoting health? -- Nutritional epidemiology -- Diet-related chronic disease: disparities and programs to reduce them -- Weight control: challenges and solutions -- Special populations -- Cultural competency -- Food and nutrition policies -- Food and nutrition guidance -- Food and nurition assessment of the community -- Promiting food security -- Social marketing and other mass communication techniques -- Food safety and defense -- Grants to support initiatives in public health nutrition.

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