[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 11105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4930]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Assistant Secretary of Health

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service


National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council: Notice of Meeting

SUMMARY: The National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council will hold 
its sixth meeting on March 15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. e.s.t., and March 
16 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. e.s.t., at the Hotel Sofitel, 1914 Connecticut 
Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009. The meeting will be open to the 
public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Linda Meyers, HHS Co-Executive Secretary to the Council, U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Health, Office of Disease Prevention and Health 
Promotion, Room 2132, Switzer Building, 330 C Street S.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20201, (202) 205-9007; or Debra Reed, USDA Co-Executive Secretary 
to the Council, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research 
Service, Building 005, Room 215, BARC West, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, 
(301) 504-6964.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The responsibilities of the National 
Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council are to evaluate the scientific 
and technical quality of the Ten-Year Comprehensive Plan for the 
National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program and the 
effectiveness of the coordinated program and to provide guidance to the 
Secretaries of USDA and HHS. This Council is also required by Public 
Law 101-445 to prepare annual reports to the Secretaries of USDA and 
HHS that include recommendations for strengthening the Program.
    The Council is chaired by Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Pennsylvania State 
College of Medicine, Hershey Pennsylvania. Other members are Cutberto 
Garza, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Sue Greig, Manhattan, 
Kansas; Suzanne Harris, International Life Sciences Institute, 
Washington, D.C.; Shirley J. Humphrey, Department of Education, 
Cheyenne, Wyoming; Sheryl Lee, Arizona Department of Health Services, 
Phoenix, Arizona; Kailash Mathur, South Carolina State University, 
Orangeburg, South Carolina; Suzanne P. Murphy, University of 
California, Berkeley, California; and Lynn Parker, Food Research and 
Action Center, Washington, D.C.
    The Council meeting agenda will include updates on progress on the 
Ten-Year Comprehensive Plan for the National Nutrition Monitoring and 
Related Research Program, on data release and future plans for the 
Program's cornerstone surveys--the HHS National Health and Nutrition 
Examination Surveys and the USDA Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by 
Individuals, and on related ongoing nutrition monitoring projects.
    The public may file statements with the Council before or after the 
meeting by addressing them to either of the contact persons listed 
above. Please call Linda Meyers (202/205-9007) by March 5 if you will 
require a sign language interpreter.

    Done at Washington, D.C. this 22d day of February, 1995.
James A. Harrell,
Acting Director, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 95-4930 Filed 2-28-95; 8:45 am]
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