The HCBS Business Acumen Center and its partners are developing a toolkit to prepare community-based organizations (CBOs) to contract with integrated health care entities and provide tools and resources to help expand the ways CBOs do business. The toolkit is…
Condition of Iowa’s Congregate Meal Program
The purpose of this report is to provide a snapshot of the Congregate Meal Program in Iowa and to explore possible causes for the program’s decline in recent years. According to the Administration on Community Living (ACL) Aging Integrated Database…
Toolkit: Recipe Development Techniques for Memorable and Marketable Meals
Creating Delicious, Healthy, Appealing Meals for Seniors Creating delicious, healthy, appealing meals starts with great recipes. Attendees of this 30-minute webinar discovered best practices for developing and testing recipes, important reminders about food safety, and trends that will make recipes…
An Examination of Veterans’ Diet Quality
Veterans, who make up about 7 to 8 percent of the U.S. adult population, are the focus of numerous Government programs, including healthcare and nutrition education programs administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. In these programs, registered dietitians…
Prevalence of Diabetes by Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 2011-2016
CDC researchers reported the percentage of people living with diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes in a study based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) covering the years 2011 to 2016. The analysis shows the age-sex-adjusted percentage of adults…
National Center for Health Statistics Annual Report on the Trends in Health Challenges
Health, United States, 2018 is the 42nd report on the health status of the nation and is submitted by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to the President and the Congress of the United States in…
Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) Toolkit for Nutrition Professionals
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a Toolkit for Professionals with materials based on the current Dietary Guidelines to help individuals make healthy food choices in 2020. Use these tools and resources to learn more about the…
FDA and USDA Issue Supplement to the 2017 Food Code
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is pleased to issue this Supplement to the 2017 Food Code (hereafter referred to as Supplement). This Supplement updates the 2017 Food Code to address several recommendations made at the 2018 Meeting of the…
Toolkit: Nutrition and the Science of Aging Part 1 & 2
Two-Part Webinar Series on Nutrition and the Science of AgingThe physiology of aging is complex. Biological, physical and functional changes associated with aging can impact the nutrition status and dietary needs of aging adults. Join the National Resource Center on Nutrition…
Nutrition Assistance Programs: Agencies Could Do More to Help Address the Nutritional Needs of Older Adult
Research shows that nutrition can affect the health outcomes of older adults. Federal nutrition guidelines provide broad guidance for healthy populations, but do not focus on the varying nutritional needs of older adults. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…
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