Improving America's Diet and Health

Written and organized to be accessible to a wide range of readers, Improving America's Diet and Health explores how Americans can be persuaded to adopt healthier eating habits. Moving well beyond the "pamphlet and public service announcement" approach to dietary change, this volume investigates current eating patterns in this country, consumers' beliefs and attitudes about food and nutrition, the theory and practice of promoting healthy behaviors, and needs for further research.The core of the volume consists of strategies and actions targeted to sectors of society?government, the private sector, the health professions, the education community?that have special responsibilities for encouraging and enabling consumers to eat better. These recommendations form the basis for three principal strategies necessary to further the implementation of dietary recommendations in the United States.Table of ContentsFront Matter1 Summary2 Introduction3 Determinants of Food Choice and Prospects for Modifying FoodAttitudes and Behavior4 Interpretation and Application of the Recommendations in theDiet and Health Report5 Public Sector: Strategies and Actions for Implementation6 Private Sector: Strategies and Actions for Implementation7 Health-Care Professionals: Strategies and Actions forImplementation8 Education of the Public: Strategies and Actions forImplementation9 Directions for ResearchAppendix A: Dietary RecommendationsAppendix B: Summary of Committee's Major RecommendationsAcronymsIndex