National Nutrition Surveillance
Published: Jan 01, 1978. Publicly Released: Jan 01, 1978.
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The Federal Government has nutrition and health intervention programs designed to improve nutrition. However, there is little documentation of the results in any of these programs or even the extent of malnutrition in the United States. Nutrition surveillance is one way to provide this evidence. There are five nutrition surveillance programs that meet or have some of these criteria: (1) ten States Nutrition Survey; (2) the Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; (3) the Center for Disease Control's assistance with nutrition surveillance in fifteen states and localities; (4) the Nationwide Food Consumption Survey; and (5) the Consumer Expenditure Survey.