Acknowledgements and Additional Information on Nutrition

Acknowledgments

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture acknowledge the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee -- the basis for this edition. The Committee consisted of Doris Howes Calloway, Ph.D.(chair), Richard J. Havel, M.D. (vice-chair), Dennis M. Bier, M.D., William H. Dietz, M.D., Ph.D., Cutberto Garza, M.D., Ph.D., Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Ph.D., R.D., Marion Nestle, Ph.D., M.P.H., Irwin H. Rosenberg, M.D., Sachiko T. St. Jeor, Ph.D., R.D., Barbara O. Schneeman, Ph.D., and John W. Suttie, Ph.D. The Departments also acknowledge the staff work of the executive secretaries to the committee: Karil Bialostosky, M.S., and Linda Meyers, Ph.D., from HHS; Eileen Kennedy, D.Sc., R.D., and Debra Reed, M.S., from USDA.

For additional information on nutrition:

Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, USDA, 1120 20th Street, NW, Suite 200 North Lobby, Washington, DC 20036.
Food and Nutrition Information Center, USDA/National Agricultural Library, Room 304, 10301 Baltimore Boulevard, Beltsville, MD 20705-2351.
E-mail: fnic@nalusda.gov
Cancer Information Service, Office of Cancer Communications, National Cancer Institute, Building 31, Room 10A16, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892.
E-mail: icic@aspensys.com
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, P.O. Box 30105, Bethesda, MD 20824-0105.
Gopher: gopher://gopher.nhlbi.nih.gov/
E-mail: nhlbic@dgs.dgysys.com
Weight-Control Information Network (WIN) of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 1 WIN WAY, Bethesda, MD 20892.
E-mail: winniddk@aol.com
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 600 Executive Boulevard, Suite 409, Bethesda, MD 20892-7003.
National Institute on Aging Information Center, Building 31, Room 5C27, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Office of Food Labeling, Food and Drug Administration (HFS-150), 200 C Street, SW, Washington, DC 20204.
Contact your county extension home economist (cooperative extension system) or a nutrition professional in your local public health department, hospital, American Red Cross, dietetic association, diabetes association, heart association, or cancer society.