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SPOTLIGHT ON RESOURCES
Enriched cereals, food labels that let consumers know for the first time how much fat they were loading into their shopping carts and deceptive candy ads aimed at children were on the minds of experts at the 1969 White House Summit on Food, Nutrition and Health. Sound familiar? Some of the same issues that concerned the 1969 crowd are still with us, but the nation now faces a new set of health challenges that includes epidemic obesity and dietary deficiencies among our growing elderly population.
This month's Spotlight takes a look forward (and back) at the nation's nutritional needs and challenges on a Web site that details the background, activities and future plans of the 2000 National Nutrition Summit (www.nns.nih.gov). Established by congressional mandate, the summit reviewed past nutrition policy accomplishments and identified new study areas.
Health behavior was prominently featured and discussed at the summit, particularly with regard to the problems of obesity and physical activity. As detailed on the Web site, the summit's key themes included:
Along with the historical perspective provided by the 1969 summit report, the site contains a timeline of important nutrition policy events, summit committee membership and contact information, transcripts and video of the summit speeches and an extensive bibliography of nutrition research.
The site is a work in progress, as the summit was meant as the kickoff to a slew of new nutrition and health programs around the nation. So be sure to bookmark the "Future Actions" page, which will include new journal articles and program initiatives stemming from the summit's agenda.
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