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A Guide to Nutrition Terminology for Indexing and Retrieval
Reviews Educational Materials and Nutrition Elucation In an effort to alert the reader on available commercial and government educational materials, the editors have selected a few recent publications, slide strips and movies for review.
Pamphlets and Booklets Professional and Popular White House Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health, Summary Report, December 1970. For sale from Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 20402, 14 p., 25 cents. This is the summary of action presented to the follow-up conference of 200 panel members on February 4, 1971. It indicates the areas of accomplishments within the Administration and Federal departments and agencies in line with the recommendations of The White House Conference. While there is no mentIOn of the vast problems stilI to be solved, it is reassuring to realize that some progress has been made. Food and Nutrition, Basic Lessons for Training Extension Aides. 1970, Federal Extension Service. Smgle copies available free from Office of Information, USDA, Washington, D.C. 20250. For sale from Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 20402 for 60 cents. Supplemental lessons for training extension aides are "Meal Planning," 45 cents, Food Needs of Family Members, 55 cents, Key Nutrients, 45 cents. These publications give basic mformation on food and nutrition to assist aides in working in their communities. These would be very useful in trainmg any type of lay leaders. A Guide to Nutrition Terminology for Indexing and Retrieval, Todhunter, E. N., July 1970, NatIonal Institute of Health, Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education and Welfare. For sale by Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 20402, 270 p., $2.50. For the first time, a guide has been prepared to standardiz·e terminology in the field of nutrition. This is a major accomplishment. The guide will serve as framework for indexing, storing, and retrieving nutrition in162
formation. It will be very useful to the nutritionist in the applied field as well as the research worker. One Year After, A Report to the President of the United States On The White House Conference On Food, Nutrition and Health, from the Food Manufacturing Industry, The Grocery Manufacturers of Amenca, Inc., 1425 K Street, N.W., Suite 900, Washington, D.C. 20005. This report proposes that the food industry is planning to: 1) enhance the nutritional well-being of all Americans; 2) provide information to facilitate consumer unders'tandmg about food and nutrition; 3) assure safety and qualIty in all food products; and 4) assist in the improvement of the American social environment. The report gives some examples of improvements already made and programs which are being planned. Food To Nurture The Mind, Bettelheim, B., 1970, The Children's Foundation, 1026 Seventeenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, 24 p., $1.00. This is a speech about the importance of feeding children at school given by Dr. Bettelheim, who is a distinguished child psychologist, to a group of lawyers interested in school lunch program. He makes an impressive plea to consider the ways m which children are fed as well as what they are fed. Dr. Bettelheim points out that the distinction between the physical and emotional need, between body and intelleot, is a false one in reality. The school must be helped to realize that the nurturing of the body is not separable from the children's intellectual development. A child who can't count can tell by looking around the table if there are enough cookies to go around. This pamphlet should be required reading for school administrators and teachers. Hunger in America, Public Affairs Pamphlet No. 457, Stewart, M. S., December 1970, Public Affairs Committee, Inc., 381 Park Avenue South, New York, N.Y. 10016, 24 p., 25 cents. This is a good informatIOnal publication about where and why hunger and malnutrition exists in United States among
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the poor and not so poor. It describes some of the recent concerns about advertising, fortification and ways to feed the hungry. There is considerable discussion about the recommendations of The White House Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health, including guaranteed income, food stamp program, ,school food service, food enrichment, nutrition education and Improvements of information through labels and advertising. This publication is useful to inform the student and the public about the concerns related to nutrition as they are being discussed in the political and professional arena today. Other new Public Affairs Pamphlets: No. 455: Social Policy-Improving the Human Condition No. 456: Marriage and Love in the Middle Years Hunger, Mead, M., 1970, Scientists' Institute for Public Information, 30 East 68th St., New York, N.Y. 10021, 32 p., $1.00. This is a workbook for students in biological ,sciences. It is designed to stimulate action against hunger and includes suggestions for reading and action on the areas of hunger and malnutrition in the United States, world food problems and ecological imbalances. Food Prices, Before and After Distribution of Welfare Checks . .. Low-Income Areas, Seven Cities, 1969, MRR 907, September 1970, USDA, Economic Research SerVIce. Single copies available from Office of Information, USDA, Washington, D.C. 20402, 22 p. Publication MRR 907-1, A Statistical Summary of the Report, is available for sale. 115 p., $1.00. The survey data based on purchases made during two visits, one week apart, to 261 low-income area 'stores in seven cIties showed no identifiable pattern of price increase after the distribution of checks. Supermarket, convenience, delicatessen, and neighborhood stores were surveyed. The data would be of interest to those working in low-income areas. The Background Paper on Food and Nutrition for the 1970-71 White House Conference on Children and Youth, prepared under the direction of Ruth Leverton, USDA, December, 1970. Available free from Office of Information, USDA, Washington, D.C. 20250. 51 p. The report was prepared to provide the conference delegates with summary information on past trends, on the status SPRING. 1971
Pamphlets and Booklets Professional and Popular White House Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health, Summary Report, December 1970. For sale from Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 20402, 14 p., 25 cents. This is the summary of action presented to the follow-up conference of 200 panel members on February 4, 1971. It indicates the areas of accomplishments within the Administration and Federal departments and agencies in line with the recommendations of The White House Conference. While there is no mentIOn of the vast problems stilI to be solved, it is reassuring to realize that some progress has been made. Food and Nutrition, Basic Lessons for Training Extension Aides. 1970, Federal Extension Service. Smgle copies available free from Office of Information, USDA, Washington, D.C. 20250. For sale from Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 20402 for 60 cents. Supplemental lessons for training extension aides are "Meal Planning," 45 cents, Food Needs of Family Members, 55 cents, Key Nutrients, 45 cents. These publications give basic mformation on food and nutrition to assist aides in working in their communities. These would be very useful in trainmg any type of lay leaders. A Guide to Nutrition Terminology for Indexing and Retrieval, Todhunter, E. N., July 1970, NatIonal Institute of Health, Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education and Welfare. For sale by Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 20402, 270 p., $2.50. For the first time, a guide has been prepared to standardiz·e terminology in the field of nutrition. This is a major accomplishment. The guide will serve as framework for indexing, storing, and retrieving nutrition in162
formation. It will be very useful to the nutritionist in the applied field as well as the research worker. One Year After, A Report to the President of the United States On The White House Conference On Food, Nutrition and Health, from the Food Manufacturing Industry, The Grocery Manufacturers of Amenca, Inc., 1425 K Street, N.W., Suite 900, Washington, D.C. 20005. This report proposes that the food industry is planning to: 1) enhance the nutritional well-being of all Americans; 2) provide information to facilitate consumer unders'tandmg about food and nutrition; 3) assure safety and qualIty in all food products; and 4) assist in the improvement of the American social environment. The report gives some examples of improvements already made and programs which are being planned. Food To Nurture The Mind, Bettelheim, B., 1970, The Children's Foundation, 1026 Seventeenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, 24 p., $1.00. This is a speech about the importance of feeding children at school given by Dr. Bettelheim, who is a distinguished child psychologist, to a group of lawyers interested in school lunch program. He makes an impressive plea to consider the ways m which children are fed as well as what they are fed. Dr. Bettelheim points out that the distinction between the physical and emotional need, between body and intelleot, is a false one in reality. The school must be helped to realize that the nurturing of the body is not separable from the children's intellectual development. A child who can't count can tell by looking around the table if there are enough cookies to go around. This pamphlet should be required reading for school administrators and teachers. Hunger in America, Public Affairs Pamphlet No. 457, Stewart, M. S., December 1970, Public Affairs Committee, Inc., 381 Park Avenue South, New York, N.Y. 10016, 24 p., 25 cents. This is a good informatIOnal publication about where and why hunger and malnutrition exists in United States among
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the poor and not so poor. It describes some of the recent concerns about advertising, fortification and ways to feed the hungry. There is considerable discussion about the recommendations of The White House Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health, including guaranteed income, food stamp program, ,school food service, food enrichment, nutrition education and Improvements of information through labels and advertising. This publication is useful to inform the student and the public about the concerns related to nutrition as they are being discussed in the political and professional arena today. Other new Public Affairs Pamphlets: No. 455: Social Policy-Improving the Human Condition No. 456: Marriage and Love in the Middle Years Hunger, Mead, M., 1970, Scientists' Institute for Public Information, 30 East 68th St., New York, N.Y. 10021, 32 p., $1.00. This is a workbook for students in biological ,sciences. It is designed to stimulate action against hunger and includes suggestions for reading and action on the areas of hunger and malnutrition in the United States, world food problems and ecological imbalances. Food Prices, Before and After Distribution of Welfare Checks . .. Low-Income Areas, Seven Cities, 1969, MRR 907, September 1970, USDA, Economic Research SerVIce. Single copies available from Office of Information, USDA, Washington, D.C. 20402, 22 p. Publication MRR 907-1, A Statistical Summary of the Report, is available for sale. 115 p., $1.00. The survey data based on purchases made during two visits, one week apart, to 261 low-income area 'stores in seven cIties showed no identifiable pattern of price increase after the distribution of checks. Supermarket, convenience, delicatessen, and neighborhood stores were surveyed. The data would be of interest to those working in low-income areas. The Background Paper on Food and Nutrition for the 1970-71 White House Conference on Children and Youth, prepared under the direction of Ruth Leverton, USDA, December, 1970. Available free from Office of Information, USDA, Washington, D.C. 20250. 51 p. The report was prepared to provide the conference delegates with summary information on past trends, on the status SPRING. 1971