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Improving Food Safety, Nutrition, and Health
Pages 21-34

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From page 21...
... , Tom Vilsack, spoke of his department's commitment to have all schools offer nutritious meals to their students. He said this stand is based in part on the IOM report School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children (2010)
From page 22...
... Calories Must meet Must be within minimum minimum level and maximum level Sodium None (decreased Gradually but markedly decrease level recommended) sodium to the specified level by 2020 The committee recommends a single approach to menu planning -- one that includes a meal pattern plus specifications for minimum and maximum calorie levels, maximum saturated fat content, and maximum sodium content.
From page 23...
... The IOM report generated a response not just by government but also from the business community. In February 2010, several major food services companies that provide students with breakfasts and lunches at schools nationwide announced that they would meet the IOM's recommended school meal standards for fat, sugar, and whole grains over the next 5 years, and meet the standards for sodium over the next 10 years.
From page 24...
... Key implementation strategies should include engaging families, food industry stakeholders, and community members; providing nutritional education to participants; and training state agency staff and program providers. To aid in implementation, the committee rec ommended that the USDA offer extensive technical assistance to CACFP providers and work with stakeholders to develop an effective system for monitoring and reimbursing CACFP meals.
From page 25...
... Another IOM study committee looked at options outside of school for helping children and adolescents avoid weight problems. In Local Govern­ ment Actions to Prevent Childhood Obesity (2009)
From page 26...
... Many departments, including those responsible for public health, education, public works, transportation, parks and recreation, public safety, planning, economic development, and housing, also need to be involved. In addition, community involvement and evaluation are vital to childhood obesity prevention efforts.
From page 27...
... framework process -- short for Locate evidence, Evaluate it, Assemble it, and inform Decisions -- to help in answering these questions. Presented in the committee's report, Bridging the Evidence Gap in Obesity Prevention: A Framework to Inform Decision Making (2010)
From page 28...
... Its Standing Committee on Childin a real context in order hood Obesity Prevention, sponsored by the to inform decisions. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, serves as a focal point for national and state-level policy discussions about obesity prevention, and it has guided the devel opment of previous and upcoming studies on various aspects of obesity prevention, among them the legal strategies that have an effect on obe sity.
From page 29...
... For example, the FDA should hire or train additional staff with expertise in risk management and analysis; develop a comprehensive strategic plan that identifies public health goals and metrics to measure success; and define the roles of all parties in the food system, including suppliers, farmers, retailers, consumers, and government agencies, among others. The agency also should lead efforts to integrate federal, state, and local safety programs so they work in a seamless manner; improve food safety inspections; and expand and sharpen communications programs to inform the public of risks in a timely and useful manner.
From page 30...
... Through these and other avenues, the DRIs are used by a range of health professionals and policy makers, including federal nutrition officials who develop policies and programs, dietitians and health practitioners who counsel individuals and groups, and researchers who are working to advance the state of nutrition knowledge. Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D (2010)
From page 31...
... SOURCE: Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D
From page 32...
... Americans consume unhealthy amounts of sodium in their food, increasing their risk for high blood pressure, a serious Consuming vitamin D and health condition that can lead to a variety of calcium at levels higher than diseases. While numerous stakeholders have recommended does not initiated voluntary efforts to reduce sodium confer greater benefits.
From page 33...
... Consumers have an important role to play by making healthy food choices and selecting lower-sodium foods. In addition, government agencies, public health and consumer organizations, health professionals, the health insurance industry, the food industry, and public-private partnerships should support the implementation of the sodium standards for foods and also support consumers in reducing their sodium intake.
From page 34...
... Rather, there a complex task. Workshop participants from are many different aging government, academia, industry, and other populations defined by age sectors discussed the variety of ways that difrange as well as by such ferent stakeholders are embracing the chalfactors as race, socioeconomic lenge of improving food safety and nutrition status, level of family in aging populations.


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