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The Joint Nutrition Monitoring Evaluation Committee
The Joint Nutrition Monitoring Evaluation Committee
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This assessment will include a detailed analysis of the nutritional health and dietary status of the general population, analyses of particular subgroups that appear to have nutritional problems or nutrition-related health problems, and discussion of the factors that may influence nutritional health and dietary status. The secondary function of the JNMEC is to assess the adequacy of the National Nutrition Monitoring System.
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. , / ~ ~ / JOINT NUTRITION MONITORING EVALUATION COMMITTEE / \ y \r Coordinating Officer, National Center for Health Statistics FIGURE 1 The Joint Nutrition Monitonng Evaluation CommiKee's organizational relationship with the U.S.
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The original proposal, entitled "A Comprehensive Nutritional Status Monitonng System" (USDA and DHEW, 1978) , acknowledged deficiencies and recommended improvement and expansion of the existing system.
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population, the nutritional quality of the food supply, food consumption patterns, and consumer knowledge and attitudes concerning nutrition; 0 to identify high-risk groups of individuals and geographic areas, as well as nutrition-related problems and trends, in order to facilitate prompt implementation of nutrition intervention activities; · to establish national baseline data for the National Nutrition Monitonng System and to develop and improve uniform standard methods, criteria, policies, and procedures for nutrition monitoring; and · to provide data for evaluating changes in agricultural policy related to food production, processing, and distnbution that may affect the nutritional quality and healthfulness of the U.S. food supply.
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The information available to the committee for this report includes data collected by the National Nutrition Monitoring System, a complex, interconnected set of measurements that comprise five major categories: · health status measurements · food consumption measurements · food composition measurements · dietary knowledge and attitude assessments · food supply determinations
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The assessment of trends in the levels of nutrients and other food components in the food supply is an important part of evaluating the nutritional status of Americans and will be included in the first committee report. Other activities that might be classified under one of the five major categories include regular determinations of food retail sales patterns and results from special evaluations of food programs, such as the Food Stamp Program and the School Lunch Program.
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In its five nutrition research centers, USDA's Agricultural Research Service conducts basic research on human nutritional requirements and methods for determining food composition. In some states, DHHS's Centers for Disease Control collect information on the health status of persons using public health facilities.
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Food components not listed in Table 1 will not be included in the first JNMEC report because available data were not considered sufficient. PROGRESS USDA and DHHS have made progress toward the goals of the National Nutrition Monitoring System as set forth in the Joint Implementation Plan.
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In an administrative report now being planned, the results from recent methodological studies conducted by USDA will be summarized. Nutritional Status Standards One of the difficulties encountered by USDA and DHHS has been the availability of appropriate standards for the assessment of nutritional status from dietary and health data.
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, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, vitamin Bit, and vitamin C Since then, USDA's computerized National Nutrient Data Bank has become fully operational, and the following additional nutrients and food components will be added to the data base: sodium, potassium, zinc, copper, folacin, cholesterol, total saturated faKy acids, total monounsaturated fatty acids, total polyunsaturated fatty acids, vitamin A as retinal equivalents, carotene as retinal equivalents, alpha-tocopherol equivalents, dietary fiber, and alcohol.
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diets over time, to signal changes in food and nutrient intake, and to provide certain other information pertinent to evaluations of nutritional status. It will complement the decennial NFCS by providing continuous data on the dietary status of selected population subgroups, especially those who may be at nutritional risk.
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1981. Joint Implementation Plan for a Comprehensive National Nutrition Monitoring System.
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