New York State Nutrition Watch Committee Meeting Agendas, Minutes, and Briefing Books B1073

New York State Nutrition Watch Committee Meeting Agendas, Minutes, and Briefing Books

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

This series contains plans, presentations, agendas, meeting minutes, and reports of the Nutrition Watch Committee. This committee was formed in 1982 at the request of Governor Hugh L. Carey in order to monitor the "nutritional status" of the citizens of New York State, and to educate them about proper nutrition. The records reflect the cooperation of state and federal government officials in this effort.

Creator:

New York (State). Nutrition Watch Committee

Title:

Nutrition Watch Committee meeting agendas, minutes, and briefing books

Quantity:

1 cubic foot

Inclusive Dates:

1982

Series Number:

B1073

Administrative History

The Nutrition Watch Committee was created in 1982 at the request of Governor Hugh L. Carey. The committee was formed in order to "monitor the adequacy of people's nutritional status, to guide [the State of New York] in channeling our food resources to those who need them most, particularly to pregnant women and children, and to direct our efforts to educate our citizens about proper nutrition."

Scope and Content Note

This series contains records of the Nutrition Watch Committee. Included in these documents is a historical perspective of nutrition in New York from 1917 to the 1970s (organized by decade); agendas and meeting minutes; forms pertaining to travel and automobile expenses; outlined plans for developing a Nutritional Surveillance System in New York State; and graphs, data, and statistics. Presentations given before the committee, such as "Nutrition: What is the Problem?" by Dr. Malden Nesheim, Director of the Division of Nutritional Science at Cornell University, are also found.

Noteworthy individuals whose names appear in these documents include Alan Pifer, Co-Chairperson; Dr. David Axelrod, M.D., Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health; and Harold McLean, Regional Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.