title: Food and nutrition policy: probability and practicality.
abstract: The nutrition community has, unfortunately, tended to overemphasize the benefits to be derived from consumption of recommended levels of essential nutrients and has tended to ignore or underemphasize--except for obesity--the effects of over-consumption. New guidelines incorporating both concepts must and will be formulated. The nutrition community has the opportunity to provide the leadership required. If it does not meet the challenge, that will be assumed by others.
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D004032:Diet / Q000592:standards*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006040:Goals; D006077:Government Agencies; D006801:Humans; D007881:Legislation, Food; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education; D012106:Research; D014481:United States