Nutrition and Agriculture

APHA Nutrition and Agriculture Highlights

APHA Fact Sheet: Promoting Good Nutrition to Prevent Disease (PDF)

APHA Fact Sheet: Food Safety: Protecting Our Nation's Food Supply (currently being updated)

APHA Priorities:

• Farm Bill
• Food Safety
• Nutrition
• Women, Infants and Children (WIC)

• APHA Receives W.K. Kellogg Grant to Strengthen Role of Public Health in Agriculture Policy (08/30/2007)
• APHA Adopts New Policies on Food Safety, Global Climate Change, Multidrug-Resistant Organisms, Breastfeeding and Feminine Hygiene (11/06/2007)
• Presidential Citation Honors Nutrition Group (11/05/2007)
• APHA Supports Legislation to Bring More Healthy Foods to Vulnerable Communities (05/17/2007)