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U.S. Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General. 1988. Surgeon General's report on nutrition and health. [Washington, DC]: U.S. Public Health Service; for sale by U.S. Government Printing Office, 727 pp., (summ. 78 pp.)

Annotation: This report sets out the major policy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) on the role of diet in health. Developed in response to increasing recognition that the major nutritional problems among Americans are a result of dietary excesses and imbalances rather than deficiencies of single nutrients, the report reviews the scientific evidence on the relationship of diet and chronic disease risk and makes dietary recommendations which can improve the health of many Americans, including that of mothers and children. A separate volume lists the summary and recommendations from the full report.

Contact: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 732 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20401, Telephone: (202) 512-1800 Secondary Telephone: (866) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2104 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gpo.gov Available from the website. Document Number: HRSA Info. Ctr. MCHA370, MCHA369; GPO No. 017-001-00465-1.

Keywords: Alcohol, Anemia, Breastfeeding, Child nutrition, Dental care, Diabetes mellitus, Gastrointestinal diseases, Health, Health promotion, Hypertension, Infant nutrition, Maternal nutrition, Nervous system disorders, Nutrition, Obesity, Oral health, Policies, Prevention

National Institutes of Health. 1979. Report of the Hypertension Task Force. Washington, DC: National Institutes of Health, 9 v.

Annotation: This task force was established by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to assess the current state of hypertension research. Volume 1 of the report provides general recommendations of the task force for the public and volume 2 provides recommendations for the scientific community. Additional volumes of interest in maternal and child health include 6, on pediatrics and genetics, and 9, on therapy, pregnancy, and obesity.

Contact: HathiTrust Digital Library, University of Michigan, Telephone: (734) 764-8016 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.hathitrust.org/digital_library Available from Hathitrust via participating libraries.

Keywords: Cardiovascular diseases, Hypertension, Task forces

Friedman EA, Neff RK. 1977. Pregnancy hypertension: A systematic evaluation of clinical diagnostic criteria. Littleton, MA: PSG Publishing, 258 pp.

Annotation: This book is a major report from the Collaborative Perinatal Project (CPP) of the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke. It reports on an extensive analysis of data related to pregnancy hypertension, which evaluated the effect of toxemia of pregnancy and its clinical variants on the fetus and on the surviving neonate.

Keywords: Child development, Hypertension, Pregnancy complications, Pregnancy toxemias

Kovnat P, Levison SP, Steg NL. 1975. Evaluation of post stress examinations of adolescents. [Philadelphia, PA?]: Medical College of Pennsylvania Adolescent Program, 26 pp.

Annotation: This report describes a study in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to help define what constitutes hypertension in African American adolescents and to find reliable noninvasive screening methods to detect those asymptomatic adolescents, at an early age, who are at risk of developing hypertension. Report topics include an introduction to the need for the study; methods and procedures used in the population sample, data collection, laboratory methodology, statistical analysis, and human rights; a review of the results; and discussion and conclusions. Tables provide statistical data and references are included. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Photocopy available at no charge.

Keywords: Adolescents, Blacks, Hypertension, MCH research, Medical research, Pennsylvania, Screening
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