Improving America's Diet and Health: From Recommendations to Action - Hardcover

Institute Of Medicine; Committee On Dietary Guidelines Implementation

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0309041392 ISBN 13: 9780309041393

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1991

Synopsis

Written and organized to be accessible to a wide range of readers, Improving America's Diet and Health explores how Americans can be persuaded to adopt healthier eating habits. Moving well beyond the "pamphlet and public service announcement" approach to dietary change, this volume investigates current eating patterns in this country, consumers' beliefs and attitudes about food and nutrition, the theory and practice of promoting healthy behaviors, and needs for further research.
The core of the volume consists of strategies and actions targeted to sectors of society--government, the private sector, the health professions, the education community--that have special responsibilities for encouraging and enabling consumers to eat better. These recommendations form the basis for three principal strategies necessary to further the implementation of dietary recommendations in the United States.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• 1 Summary
• 2 Introduction
• 3 Determinants of Food Choice and Prospects for Modifying Food Attitudes and Behavior
• 4 Interpretation and Application of the Recommendations in the Diet and Health Report
• 5 Public Sector: Strategies and Actions for Implementation
• 6 Private Sector: Strategies and Actions for Implementation
• 7 Health-Care Professionals: Strategies and Actions for Implementation
• 8 Education of the Public: Strategies and Actions for Implementation
• 9 Directions for Research
• Appendix A: Dietary Recommendations
• Appendix B: Summary of Committee's Major Recommendations
• Acronyms
• Index

About this title

About the Author

Paul R. Thomas, Editor; Committee on Dietary Guidelines Implementation, Institute of Medicine

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0309041392
• ISBN 13: 9780309041393
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Thomas Paul R.