Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
United States Department of Agriculture
CNPP-1
Conceptual and technical assistance were provided by a working group in the USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion consisting of Eileen Kennedy, Executive Director, and Jay Hirschman and in the Office of Analysis and Evaluation, USDA Food and Consumer Service, consisting of Margaret Andrews, Steve Carlson, Sharon Cristofar, Patricia McKinney and Michelle Lawler. The work undertaken by Jim Ohls and colleagues at Mathematica Policy Research was supported by contract #53-3198-038 with Food and Consumer Service. External reviewers--Jeanne Goldberg, Pamela Haines, Helen Jensen and Suzanne Murphy--provided valuable assistance in the preparation of this report.
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October 1995