Offering an examination of contemporary nutrition labelling practices, this volume proposes implementing a food labelling reform program. It addresses key issues, such as requiring mandatory nutrition labelling on most packaged…

Divided into two parts, Part I of this book explores relationships between weight gain during pregnancy and a variety of factors, and places this in the context of the health…

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. Founded in the late 1870s, NIH has produced…

Children living in poverty are more likely to have mental health problems, and their conditions are more likely to be severe. Of the approximately 1.3 million children who were recipients…

Based on advances in biotechnology and neuroscience, non-invasive neuromodulation devices are poised to gain clinical importance in the coming years and to be of increasing interest to patients, clinicians,health systems…

Immunization is essential to disease prevention efforts in public health, but the nation’s immunization system faces financing challenges that are affecting the delivery of services. A 2000 report from the…

Immunization to protect infants and children from vaccine-preventable diseases is one of the greatest achievements of public health. Immunization is not without risks, however. It is well established, for example…

The US government is involved in activities that have significant scientific and technical (S&T) components. This book delves into the reasons these federal S&T-related positions are vacant, identifies the consequences…