Authorities offer conflicting viewpoints on whether animal foods are essential to the health of young children or whether they can ingest the nutrients they need from plant sources. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) contends that because of the small capacity of young children's stomachs, they are not likely to consume all of the…

This article focuses on the characteristics of the nutritional background of the American public. Issues and recommendations are presented that are intended to describe the goals and target groups for nutrition education in the 1980s. (SA)

A sample of child-care centers and family day-care homes in Michigan was used to identify what care providers need to know about safe food handling. Their primary concern was to become informed about what causes food to become unsafe and how to prevent foodborne illnesses. Providers preferred printed materials to tapes or workshops. (AA)

The composition of food in the 1980s is discussed as it relates to national nutrition goals and world problems. The data reviewed here related to food consumption, its calories, nutrients, and fat content. (SA)

This workshop guide is a unit of study for teaching dietetic assistants to work with elderly persons. The objective of the unit is to enable the students to apply knowledge of the physiological and psychological effects of aging in providing nutritional care to the elderly in independent living and nursing home situations. Following the unit…