RT Journal
A1 Dennison BA
T1 Public policy to improve child nutrition and health: Challenges and opportunities
JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 2012
FD May 1
VO 166
IS 5
SP 485
OP 487
DO 10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.196
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.196
AB 
You are what you eat. An old adage that recognizes the critical role that diet has on health. With the goal of improving the nutrition and health of targeted populations, federal, state, and local governments have developed and implemented public health policies and programs to prevent nutritional deficiencies by providing nutritious foods, fortifying foods or beverages, and, more recently, limiting the calorie, fat, or sugar content of high-calorie, low-nutrient foods. Two articles1- 2 in this issue of the Archives contribute to the growing evidence base that public health nutrition policies can favorably impact children's diets and their health.