00-682. Nutritional Factors and the Prevention of Birth Defects Workshop; Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2000)]
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[FR Doc No: 00-682]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


Nutritional Factors and the Prevention of Birth Defects Workshop; 
Meeting

    Division of Birth Defects, Child Development, and Disability and 
Health (BDCDDH) in the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) 
announces the following conference:

    Name: Nutritional Factors and the Prevention of Birth Defects 
Workshop.
    Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., January 19, 2000.
    Place: Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport Conference 
Center, Atrium 3rd floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30320.
    Status: Open for participation by anyone with an interest in 
public health issues related to the role of nutritional factors in 
the prevention of birth defects, limited only by the space 
available. Persons wishing to participate must fax their request to 
Adolfo Correa, M.D., Ph.D.,[phone].
    Matters to be Discussed: A large body of evidence indicates that 
increased intake of folic acid before and early in pregnancy can 
reduce a woman's risk of having an infant with a neural tube defect. 
There is additional evidence suggesting that intake of multivitamins 
before and early in pregnancy may reduce the risk of other birth 
defects. One of the strategic goals of the Birth Defects and 
Pediatric Genetics Branch (BDPG) is to investigate the role of 
nutritional factors in the prevention of birth defects. The workshop 
is designed to assist in the development of a prevention research 
agenda concerning the role of maternal nutrition during pregnancy. 
The discussion guide extramural research activities by establishing 
research priorities and providing a research framework for CDC's 
extramural partners in the area of nutrition during pregnancy, and 
birth defects.
    Contact Persons for More Information: Adolfo Correa, M.D., 
Ph.D., phone [phone], or Carolyn Davis, phone [phone], 
BDCDDH, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, M/S F-45, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30341, fax [phone].
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining 
to announcements of meetings and other committee management 
activities, for both CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry.

    Dated: January 6, 2000.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 00-682 Filed 1-11-00; 8:45 am]
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