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The Food and Nutrition Board was established in 1940 to study issues of national importance pertaining to the safety and adequacy of the nation's food supply, to establish principles and guidelines for adequate nutrition, and to render authoritative judgment on the relationships among food intake, nutrition, and health, at the request of various agencies.

The Food and Nutrition Board does not maintain a reference or resource center that can respond to individual questions about nutrition or requests for publications or materials.  For more food and nutrition information, please visit the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Information Website, www.nutrition.gov.

 Recent Activities:


Events
"Managing Food Safety Practices from Farm to Table" Sep 9, 2008
Meeting #4: Implications of Weight Gain for Pregnancy Outcomes Jun 5, 2008
Meeting #2: Determinants of Gestational Weight Gain and Pregnancy Outcome Mar 10, 2008
Meeting #1: Reexamination of IOM Pregnancy Weight Guidelines Jan 17, 2008
Food Forum Meeting on Nutrition Standards for Foods in Schools Sep 25, 2007
Dietary Reference Intakes Workshop Sep 18, 2007

Projects
Review of National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program Meal Patterns and Standards
The US Pharmacopeia's Heavy Metals Testing Methodologies: A Workshop
Childhood Obesity Prevention
Reexamination of IOM Pregnancy Weight Guidelines
Dietary Reference Intakes for Electrolytes And Water
Dietary Reference Intakes
Food Chemicals Codex
Food Forum
Military Nutrition Research
US National Committee to the International Union of Nutritional Sciences
Dietary Reference Intakes Workshop, September 18-20, 2007
Nutrient Relationships In Seafood: Selections To Balance Benefits And Risks
Nutrition Standards for Foods in Schools
Joint U.S.-Mexico Workshop on Childhood Obesity Prevention
Planning Group for Workshop on Informing Nutrition Research, Nutrigenomics, and Nutrigenetics
Dietary Reference Intake Research Synthesis
Workshop on the Adequacy of Evidence for Physical Activity Guideline Development
Use of Dietary Supplements by Military Personnel

Recent Reports
Foodborne Disease and Public Health: An Iranian-American Workshop Mar 25,2008
The Development of DRIs 1994–2004: Lessons Learned and New Challenges. Workshop Summary Nov 30,2007
Nutrigenomics and Beyond: Informing the Future Workshop Summary May 21,2007
Nutrition Standards for Foods in Schools Apr 25,2007
Influence of Pregnancy Weight on Maternal and Child Health: A Workshop Report Feb 27,2007



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