The 1969 White House Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health: 50 Years Later

The 1969 White House Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health (WHC) was a landmark conference that influenced the nutrition agenda for decades. This commentary details events that led to moving the WHC recommendations to implementation and action. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kennedy, Eileen, Dwyer, Johanna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
Materias:
Brief Communication: Technical Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7279882/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32537557
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzaa082
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Sumario:The 1969 White House Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health (WHC) was a landmark conference that influenced the nutrition agenda for decades. This commentary details events that led to moving the WHC recommendations to implementation and action. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, the National School Lunch Program, and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans are used as examples to illustrate some overarching factors that are critical to unraveling the complex process of science and evidence linked to action.

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