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Nutrition Surveillance in the United States

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Nutrition and related programs in public health agencies have traditionally suffered from a lack of objective information for program planning and evaluation purposes. An inability to quantify specific problems and measure the impact of programs on target populations has hampered funding and the ability to provide needed programs and services.

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  1. Dpt. of Health, Education and Welfare — Public, Health Service — Center for Disease, Control Atlanta, Georgia, 30333, USA

    M. Nichaman

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  1. Brazilian Nutrition Society, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Walter Santos , Nabuco Lopes , J. J. Barbosa  & Dagoberto Chaves , ,  & 

  2. National Food and Nutrition Institute and Associação Brasiliense de Nutrologia, Brazil

    José Carlos Valente

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Nichaman, M. (1980). Nutrition Surveillance in the United States. In: Santos, W., Lopes, N., Barbosa, J.J., Chaves, D., Valente, J.C. (eds) Nutrition and Food Science: Present Knowledge and Utilization. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1030-3_35

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