Advocacy and Legislation

Research and Reports

2003

Dausch JG. Aging issues moving mainstream. J Am Diet Assoc. 2003;103:683-684.

2002 and earlier

Abdellah FG, Moore SR, eds. Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Workshop: Health Promotion and Aging. Washington, DC: Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, 1988.

Administration on Aging. Infrastructure of Home and Community Based Services for the Functionally Impaired Elderly. Washington DC: AoA; 1994.

ADA sends nutrition policy recommendations to the White House Conference on Aging. J Am Diet Assoc. 1995;95:534.

ADA urges Congress to maintain nursing home standards. J Am Diet Assoc. 1996;96(2):116.

Buto K. Statement of Kathy Buto, Director, Bureau of Policy Development, The Health Care Financing Administration, Testimony before the House Select Committee on Aging; 1992 Jul 30; Washington DC. Washington DC: HCFA, DHHS.Advocacy and Legislation

Chronic Conditions: Making the Case for Ongoing Care. Partnership for Solutions, Johns Hopkins University, for The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Baltimore, MD: December 2002. (PDF)

Compilation of the Older Americans Act of 1965 and the Native American Programs Act of 1974 as Amended through December 31, 1992. Washington DC: US Government Printing Office; 1993.

Congress considers "streamlined" Older Americans Act. J Am Diet Assoc. 1996;96:328.

Finn SC. Adequate nutrition: The difference between sickness and health for the elderly, testimony before the House Select Committee on Aging. Washington, DC: The American Dietetic Association; 1992 Jul 30.

Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services; 1990.

Hess MA. ADA's testimony on reauthorization of the Older American's Act, before the Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on House Education and Labor, US House of Representatives. J Am Diet Assoc. 1991;91:849-851.

Hunger and Nutrition: Challenges to Older Americans' Health. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Services of the Select Committee on Aging House of Representatives. 102nd Congress. Second Session. May 21, 1992. Comm Pub No 102-872.

Legislative Highlights: ADA continues push for medical nutrition therapy, improved child nutrition programs, and labeling of dietary supplements. J Am Diet Assoc. 1994;94:721.

National Eldercare Institute on Health Promotion. Title IIIF Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Programs: A Survey of State Units on Aging. Washington DC: Administration on Aging; 1994.

National Resource and Policy Center on Nutrition and Aging. Federal Register. Washington, DC: 1994 May 13; 59: 92: 25075-25076.

Nutrition focus added to national policy resolutions developed by White House Conference on Aging. J Am Diet Assoc. 1995;95:854.

Nutrition Monitoring in the United States: The Directory of Federal and State Nutrition Monitoring Activities. Wright J, ed. Hyattsville, Maryland: Public Health Service; 1992.

O'Shaughnessy C. CRS Report for Congress: Older American's Act Nutrition Program. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; 1990.

Ponza M, et al. National Study of the Adult Component of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.; 1993.

Preventive Health Amendments of 1993, Public Law 103-183. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office; 1993.

Shoaf LR, McCool AC. Health care reform: Impact on the nation's elderly. Top Clin Nutr.1993;8:1-8.

Spicer MT, Hong GS, Stoecker BJ. A predictive model for health care use by the elderly. J Am Diet Assoc. 1992;92(suppl):A-59. Abstract.

US Dept of Agriculture. The 2002 Farm Bill: Provisions and Economic Implications.

Wellman NS. Health Care Reform and Nutrition Services for the Elderly, before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, US House of Representatives, November 15, 1993.

Wellman NS. Nutrition Services for the Elderly, Legislative Roundtable on Hunger among the Elderly, Older Americans Caucus and Congressional Hunger Caucus, US House of Representatives, November 16, 1993.

Wellman NS. Statement on behalf of the Nutrition Screening Initiative at the Joint Legislative Workshop: Elderly Nutrition: Policy Issues for the 102nd Congress, before the US Senate Special Committee on Aging, 2/15/91 (pp. 21-22), Washington, DC: US Gov't. Printing Office, Serial No. 102-1.

Wellman NS, Rosenzweig LY, Lloyd JL. Thirty years of the Older Americans Nutrition Program. J Am Diet Assoc. 2002;102:348-350.

White House Conference on Aging. White House Conference on Aging Fact Sheet. Washington, DC: AoA; 1994.

White House Conference on Aging: Recognition of Mini Conferences. Federal Register. Washington, DC: AoA; 1994.

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Resources

2002 and earlier

ADA Medicare MNT Benefit Provider Information Newsletter. For professionals, this newsletter is designed to help eligible providers of Medicare MNT navigate the complexities of Medicare through timely articles, analysis and advice on key aspects of practice and business strategies. It includes continuous updates of the Medicare program and its requirements, guidelines for practice, billing, compliance and audit procedures on a monthly basis. In addition, it also includes information on the larger environment affecting Medicare, as well as report on developments taking place in the nation's capital, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the carriers and other centers where decisions affecting health care are made.
American Dietetic Association. (800) 877-1600 ext. 5000

Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (2002). For professionals and consumers, this book is the latest contribution to a growing body of literature raising concerns regarding the structure, organization, and consequences of the US food system and the economic, political, and social forces that are shaping it. The University of California Press.
(510) 642-4247.

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Web Links

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Last Updated: 07/16/2004