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Index - N

NAAFA (National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance)
     airlines and, 119
     role of, 123

Nabisco Web site, 60

National Academy of Science, Food and Nutrition Board, 133

National Association of State Boards of Education, 60

National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA)
      airlines and, 119
     role of, 123

National Business Group on Health, 107-108

National Cancer Institute (NCI), 79 (f5.4)

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), 10

National Cholesterol Education Program classification of cholesterol levels in high-risk children/adolescents, 66t

National Conference of State Legislatures, 115

National Eating Disorders Association, 48, 49t

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
     Americans' diets, 76
     dietary sodium intake as percent of total calories, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2000, 80f
     hypertension, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III: Age- adjusted prevalence of hypertension according to body mass index, 35f
     National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III: Age-adjusted prevalence of high blood cholesterol according to body mass index, 32 (f2.2)
     National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III: Age-adjusted prevalence of low HDL-cholesterol according to body mass index, 32 (f2.3)
     overweight/obesity prevalence data, 10
     saturated fat intake as percent of total calories, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2000, 79 (f5.3)
     total calorie intake, major sources of calories, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2000, 76f

National, Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 94, 144

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), 44

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
     CR study by, 135
     disease funding table, special areas of interest, fiscal years, 2002-04, 106t
     obesity research funding, 105-106
     The Practical Guide to the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults, 98

"National Medical Spending Attributable to Overweight and Obesity: How Much, and Who's Paying?" (Finkelstein and Fiebelkorn), 102

National Parent Teacher Association (PTA), 116

National Recreation and Park Association, 144

Natural weight-loss products, 126

NCHS (National Center for Health Statistics), 10

NCI (National Cancer Institute), 79 (f5.4)

NDP Group, 142, 143

Nearly One-Half of Americans Polled Believe Obese Workers Are Discriminated Against on the Job (Employment Law Alliance), 163-164

Negative-calorie foods, 126

Neonatal mortality rates, 22t-24t

Nestle, 111, 114

Nestle, Marion, 111

Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne, 68-69

Neural tube defects, 40

Neuropeptides
     eating disorders and, 48
     weight maintenance and, 27, 30

Neurotransmitters, 93

NHANES. See National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

NIDDK (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases), 44

Nidetch, Jean, 72

Nielson, Joy Samara, 12-13

NIH. See National Institutes of Health

Ninomiya, John K., 41

Non-insulin dependent diabetes. See Type 2 diabetes

Non-prescription weight-loss aids, 94-95

North Carolina, 144

Nutrition
     confusion about, 166
     dietary intake of ten key nutrients for public health by sex and age, 1999-2000, 77t-78t
     education about, 50
     national nutrition education, 139
     nutritional indications of children aged < 5 years, state-specific prevalence of selected, 56t
     nutritional status of children, 54-56
     overweight children/adolescents and, 57-58
     See also Dietary treatment

Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans (Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Agriculture), 139

Nutrition education
     effectiveness of, 143
     "5-a-Day for Better Health" program, 142-143
     "Hearts N' Parks" program, 143-144, 145f, 146f-147f, 148f-149f, 150f, 151f
     state prevention initiatives funded by CDC, 144-147

Nutrition facts label, 140f

Nutrition programs, 152f

Nutritional information
     frequency of fast-food dining according to nutritional rating of fast food, July 7-9, 2003, 166 (t 11.15)
     nutrition facts label, 140f
     public opinion poll on attention paid to nutritional information, July 7-9, 2003, 166 (t 11.14)
     public opinion polls on understanding of nutritional information, selected years, 1993-2002, 166 (t 11.16)

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