[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 11105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4930]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of Assistant Secretary of Health
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council: Notice of Meeting
SUMMARY: The National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council will hold
its sixth meeting on March 15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. e.s.t., and March
16 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. e.s.t., at the Hotel Sofitel, 1914 Connecticut
Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009. The meeting will be open to the
public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Linda Meyers, HHS Co-Executive Secretary to the Council, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Health, Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion, Room 2132, Switzer Building, 330 C Street S.W., Washington,
D.C. 20201, (202) 205-9007; or Debra Reed, USDA Co-Executive Secretary
to the Council, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research
Service, Building 005, Room 215, BARC West, Beltsville, Maryland 20705,
(301) 504-6964.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The responsibilities of the National
Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council are to evaluate the scientific
and technical quality of the Ten-Year Comprehensive Plan for the
National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program and the
effectiveness of the coordinated program and to provide guidance to the
Secretaries of USDA and HHS. This Council is also required by Public
Law 101-445 to prepare annual reports to the Secretaries of USDA and
HHS that include recommendations for strengthening the Program.
The Council is chaired by Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Pennsylvania State
College of Medicine, Hershey Pennsylvania. Other members are Cutberto
Garza, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Sue Greig, Manhattan,
Kansas; Suzanne Harris, International Life Sciences Institute,
Washington, D.C.; Shirley J. Humphrey, Department of Education,
Cheyenne, Wyoming; Sheryl Lee, Arizona Department of Health Services,
Phoenix, Arizona; Kailash Mathur, South Carolina State University,
Orangeburg, South Carolina; Suzanne P. Murphy, University of
California, Berkeley, California; and Lynn Parker, Food Research and
Action Center, Washington, D.C.
The Council meeting agenda will include updates on progress on the
Ten-Year Comprehensive Plan for the National Nutrition Monitoring and
Related Research Program, on data release and future plans for the
Program's cornerstone surveys--the HHS National Health and Nutrition
Examination Surveys and the USDA Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by
Individuals, and on related ongoing nutrition monitoring projects.
The public may file statements with the Council before or after the
meeting by addressing them to either of the contact persons listed
above. Please call Linda Meyers (202/205-9007) by March 5 if you will
require a sign language interpreter.
Done at Washington, D.C. this 22d day of February, 1995.
James A. Harrell,
Acting Director, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 95-4930 Filed 2-28-95; 8:45 am]
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