title: The Surgeon General's report on nutrition and health.
abstract: The most important accomplishment of the Surgeon General's Report is its establishment of a sound scientific basis for dietary recommendations for chronic disease prevention. From this foundation, all levels of government, the food industry and the nutrition profession should be able to develop programs and policies that put dietary recommendations into common practice.
authors.affiliation: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nestle
mesh_terms: D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000009:adverse effects; D006262:Health; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D014481:United States; D014492:United States Public Health Service
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats