title: Federal nutrition support programs for children.
abstract: In summary, the physician as a concerned citizen, contributing taxpayer, and key provider of child health care can provide responsible leadership in assuring that nutrition support services for children include assessment of their nutritional status, provision of a safe food supply adequate in quality and quantity, nutrition counseling for specific nutritional problems, and sound nutrition education for children, parents, and all other caretakers of children.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003153:Community Health Services; D005260:Female; D005522:Food Services; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D012040:Regional Health Planning; D012574:Schools; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services