Jane White, PhD a dietitian and adv...

Jane White, PhD a dietitian and advisor to the Nutrition Screening Initiative (NSI), lately testified on nutrition screening and intervention in older adults with chronic disease at the Senate Special Committee forward Aging, Hearing, Fitness, and Nutrition: The Prescription for Healthy Aging. "Nutrition plays a critical part in maintaining the health and vitality of adults as they age," White said. "We must make sure that physicians and consumers have the tools they ne to effectively manage chronic disease." The NSI is a broad, multidisciplinary effort l by the agency of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Dietetic Association and a diverse coalition of more than 25 national health, aging, and medical organizations. The goal of the NSI is to raise nutrition screening and intervention into the health care of older adults. NSI has formed alliances with professionals in nutrition, dentistry, pharmacology, mental health, managed care, to one's home care, and community social services. For more information forward the NSI, go online to www.aafp.org/nsi.xml.

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