Dietary Recommendations and the Public: The US Experience

Abstract

Describes how disease patterns in the USA have changed in recent years and discusses the role of nutrition. From 1983 to 1989, the author was Director of the US National Academy of Sciences Food and Nutrition Board – the principal body in the United States for advice on nutrition programmes and policy. Explains some of the problems encountered and the lessons learned from the experience.

Citation

Palmer, S. (1992), "Dietary Recommendations and the Public: The US Experience", British Food Journal, Vol. 94 No. 3, pp. 12-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/00070709210010490