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CED-79-5 1 (1978-11-07)

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STUDY BY THE STAFF OF THE U.S.



General Accounting Office


Future Of The National


Nutrition


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ntelligence System


Federal programs to achieve nutrition must be
based on a variety of information on the
nutritional status of the population. A prop-
erly designed and coordinated system can
supply the nutrition intelligence needed. The
United States presently does not have such a
system but some of the information is sup-
plied by activities conducted by the Depart
ments of Agriculture and Health, Education,
and Welfare.
Weaknesses in existing activities include data
which is often untimely, not sufficiently spe-
cific geographically, omits important popula-
tion groups, and is inadequate for evaluating
program effectiveness. Further, existing activi.
ties are fragmented among several agencies
and not integrated into a coordinated system.
GAO also discusses agency actions to improve
individual activities and to create a coordi-
nated national nutrition inelligence system.
Much work remains to be done This report
describes recommendations GAO recently
made to the Congress and Federal Depart-
ments for more effective nutrition intelli.
gence.






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