The C. Everett Koop Papers

Title:

Nutrition and Health Promotion: Presented to a Luncheon Meeting of the Wheat Industry Council, Washington, DC

Description:

This speech highlighted the connection between Americans' diet and their health, especially heart disease, a major focus of the U.S. Surgeon General since Koop's predecessor, Julius Richmond, devoted to it a section of his path breaking report "Healthy People: The Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention," issued in 1979.

Number of Image Pages:

22 (1,288,340 Bytes)

Date:

1982-09-08 (September 8, 1982)

Creator:

Koop, C. Everett

Rights:

This item is in the public domain. It may be used without permission.

Subject:

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):: Health Education; Health Promotion; Nutrition; Mortality

Exhibit Category:

Reproduction and Family Health

Relation:

Nutrition and Health Promotion: Presented to a Luncheon Meeting of the Wheat Industry Council, Washington, DC" [Reminiscence] (2003)

Healthy People: The Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (1979) (in The Reports of the Surgeon General)

Box Number: 103

Folder Number: 67

Unique Identifier:

QQBBBW

Document Type:

Speeches

Language:

English

Format:

application/pdf

image/tif

Physical Condition:

Good

Series: Speeches, Lectures, Papers, 1958-2004

SubSeries: 1980-1982

Folder: Luncheon- "Nutrition and Health Promotion"- Wheat Industry Council, Washington, DC, 1982 Sep 8

Metadata Last Modified Date:

2006-08-10

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