Skip to main content
ARS Home » Plains Area » Houston, Texas » Children's Nutrition Research Center » Research » Publications at this Location » Publication #102312
Title: DEVELOPMENT OF A DATABASE FOR EFFECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF NUTRITION INFORMATION

Author
item DEMORY-LUCE, DEBBY - BAYLOR COLL OF MEDICINE
item STUFF, JANICE - BAYLOR COLL OF MEDICINE
item KONZELMANN, KAREN - USDA CSREES
item CARTER, JOAN - BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MED
item HOPKINSON, JUDY - BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MED
item GORHAM, BECKY - BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MED

Submitted to: Journal Of The American Dietetic Association
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/25/1999
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Since 1990, the Nutrition Information Service at the Children's Nutrition Research Center,(CNRC/ NIS) has translated scientific-based nutrition findings for consumers to improve dietary patterns and health in children. This presentation highlights the CNRC/NIS's process in the development of the Nutrition Information Database (NID)as a resource in the dissemination of effective nutrition information covering the whole life cycle. Traditionally requests were received via mail or telephone from parents/caretakers concerned primarily with children's nutrition.Presently, with the rapidly changing health care environment and increased utilization of the Internet, consumer e-mail requests are spanning the entire life cycle. Requests are becoming increasingly complex and diverse. The CNRC/NIS has compiled from multiple, reliable sources, nutrition information for use in responding to today's varied inquiries. CNRC/NIS professionals use this database to locate and retrieve specific informatio to develop science-based responses on a variety of current relevant topics. The CNRC/NIS additionally provides nutrition information in a quarterly newsletter, "Nutrition and Your Child;" a monthly column, "Kid's Nutrition Q & A;" radio, television, and media interviews; and the CNRC web site . Collectively, these approaches enable the CNRC/NIS to provide high-quality, contextual nutrition information to consumers.