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7 Conclusions and Recommendations
Pages 38-40

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... An ability to forecast the effect of changes in food consumption patterns on nutrient intake and on health and productivity would aid the agency in formulation of sound policies and programs with respect to food fortification, consumer education, nutrition and food intervention, and the like. In the final analysis, the need for food consumption data stems from concern for health promotion and prevention of adverse health response in the population.
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... The Committee recommends that an ongoing system be developed and implemented by the federal agencies that have major interests in food consumption and health. The system should encompass the following components or subsystems: · a continuous collection, processing, and review of food intake data from a stratified probability sample of consumption data; · the collection of health data from currently available sources and their collation for population strata analogous to those from which dietary information is derived; and · ongoing examination of available aggregate data from commercial and governmental sources on market food disappearance, from regional and economic strata comparable to the above.
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... 3. In order to increase the potential for identifying meaningful relationships between food consumption and health status, available statistics be examined to identify population segments whose health indicators appear to be abnormal relative to the population average and to the average of other subgroups.
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