title: Public health nutrition services: issues today and tomorrow.
abstract: The accomplishments of the past are reviewed in this paper to give public health nutritionists perspective in dealing with the problems of the present and of the future. Positive and negative observations on the current scene in nutrition services follow. Issues and concerns for the future that are discussed are: Defining and planning for public health nutrition services, paying for nutrition services, training for public health nutrition, and advocacy for nutrition services.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D006285:Health Planning / Q000639:trends; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000266:history*; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education / Q000266:history; D011247:Pregnancy; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States