Nutrition
Annoucement from the Assistant Secretary - March 8, 2004
I am pleased to be partnering with the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Service’s Food and Drug Administration in a variety
of ways to help older adults remain healthy and active. This
month we are partnering with FDA to share valuable nutrition
information with you as we celebrate National Nutrition Month®.
The American Dietetic Association began sponsoring National
Nutrition Month® in 1980 as a way to promote sensible eating
choices. The American Dietetic Association developed this year’s
theme, “Eat Smart, Stay Healthy,” as a way to suggest
that Americans be smart about the foods they eat, know what they
are eating, and make wise food choices. FDA has developed a number
of consumer brochures that may help older Americans be smart
about the foods they eat including:
- Growing Older, Eating Better
- Eating for a Healthy Heart
- Keep Your Food Safe
These brochures may be viewed at http://www.fda.gov/opacom/catalog/alpha.html.
Additional copies of these brochures can be obtained by fax at
(301) 827-5308 or by writing to:
Consumer HealthCare Products Association
Publications Department
1150 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
For more information about National Nutrition Month® go to:
www.eatright.org.
We look forward to continuing to work with you and hope that
you will find these nutrition brochures useful to your organization
in promoting the health and independence of older Americans.
- Assistant
Secretary for Aging Josefina G. Carbonell
Download Letter (PDF - 111 KB)
“If the Older Americans Act Nutrition Program was a restaurant,
the sign out front would say, ‘Six billion served.’ For
30 years, this program not only has provided nutritious, healthy
meals to older Americans, but also has touched their lives by
linking them to community services that allow them to remain
independent.”
- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Secretary Thompson
“The OAA Nutrition Program is a proven success story. It
effectively targets older adults who are poorer, more likely to
live alone, and are at higher nutritional risk,”
- Assistant Secretary for Aging Josefina G. Carbonell
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