Food and Nutrition Board Update: What Do SNAP Allotments, Physical Fitness, and Obesity Prevention Have in Common? | Zendy

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Food and Nutrition Board Update: What Do SNAP Allotments, Physical Fitness, and Obesity Prevention Have in Common?

Author(s) -

Linda Meyers,

Suzanne P. Murphy,

Ann L. Yaktine

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

advances in nutrition

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.362

H-Index - 90

eISSN - 2156-5376

pISSN - 2161-8313

DOI - 10.3945/an.113.004408

Subject(s) - obesity , physical fitness , medicine , gerontology , environmental health , supplemental nutrition assistance program , physical activity , psychology , food security , physical therapy , food insecurity , biology , ecology , agriculture

The Institute of Medicine's Food and Nutrition Board had a productive year, with important expert committee reports on the Supplemental Food Assistance Program, physical fitness, and accelerating obesity prevention efforts that provided grounding for dietary guidance and nutrition policies and programs. This summary describes Food and Nutrition Board activities, including current thinking on dietary reference intakes. The summary also highlights consensus reports on defining and measuring Supplemental Food Assistance Program benefit adequacy and on physical fitness and health outcomes in youth. In addition, current and new activities related to obesity prevention and care are addressed. What do these activities have in common? All adhere to the Institute of Medicine report model by filling gaps and by being analytical, evidence-based, and challenging.

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