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1 Introduction
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... The Surgeon General's recent report, Promoting Health, Preventing Disease: Objectives for the Nation (Department of Health and Human Services, 1980) , cites the need for a national nutrition surveillance system and for integration of various data sets to provide locally useful information for nutrition planning.
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... Nutritional Considerations · to identify foods that are the primary contributors of key nutrients in the diet for various groups · to identify size and nature of populations whose health is at risk due to inadequate or excessive consumption of a nutrient · to obtain more extensive and valid data on the potential relationships of food consumption patterns to nutritional and health status · to identify foods most appropriate for use in supplying specific nutrients in fortification programs for populations at risk · to measure the effectiveness of food fortification programs in reducing the size of the populations at risk 2. Toxicological Considerations · to identify the primary patterns of use of foods and food components in the diets of a population · to identify extreme or unusual patterns of intake of foods or food ingredients including additives · to identify size and nature of populations at risk from use of certain foods or food products · to determine amount and/or number of food items in which a food additive may be permitted *
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... Introduction 3 · to determine the need to modify regulations in response to changes in food consumption · to determine intake of incidental contaminants and food additives 3. Historical and/or Secular Trends · to evaluate the past history of food consumption patterns of populations, particularly as related to economic, technological, or other factors · to predict changes in food consumption patterns as they may be influenced by economic, technological, or other developments


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