Under the Department of Public Health, services are provided to all of Los Angeles County’s residents. Public health programs include: * Environmental health: operates restaurant rating system and grading systems for apartments and rental homes; inspects sewage treatment and water plants; enforces state and local environmental laws * Communicable disease control and prevention * Alcohol [...]
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Child Nutrition Act (CNA) is a United States federal law signed on October 11, 1966 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The Act was created as a result of the “years of cumulative successful experience under the National School Lunch Program to help meet the nutritional needs of children.” The National School Lunch Program feeds 30.5 [...]
Childbirth is an inherently dangerous and risky activity, subject to many complications. The “natural” mortality rate of childbirth—where nothing is done to avert maternal death—has been estimated as being between approximately 1500 deaths per 100,000 births. (See main article: neonatal death, maternal death). Modern medicine has greatly alleviated the risk of childbirth. In modern Western [...]
There are many social, environmental and physical causes of developmental disabilities, although for some a definitive cause may never be determined. Common factors causing developmental disabilities include: * Brain injury or infection before, during or after birth. * Growth or nutrition problems. * Abnormalities of chromosomes and genes. * Birth long before the expected birth [...]
Very low calorie diet (VLCD) is a diet with very or ”extremely” low calorie consumption per day. It is defined medically as a diet of 800 kilocalories per day or less. VLCDs are formulated, nutritionally complete, liquid meals containing 800 calories or less per day. VLCDs also contain the recommended daily requirements for vitamins, minerals, [...]
Proper nutrition is important after delivery to help the mother recover, and to provide enough food energy and nutrients for a woman to breastfeed her child. Women having serum ferritin Adapted from the Wikipedia article Nutrition and pregnancy, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
Healthy Black Family Project The Healthy Black Family Project (HBFP) concentrates on several East End neighborhoods of Pittsburgh. This area, called the Health Empowerment Zone, has a high percentage of Black residents and of residents living below the federal poverty line. HBFP works with individuals and families, providing a variety of activities and services to [...]
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture created on December 1, 1994, and is the focal point within the USDA where scientific research is linked with the nutritional needs of the American public. The creation of the Center came at a time when the American public [...]
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