S. 1614--Better Nutrition and Health for Children Act of 1993: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Investigations, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, on S. 1614--Better Nutrition and Health for Children Act of 1993, March 1, 1994, May 16, 1994, June 10, 1994, and June 17, 1994

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Page 170 - Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.
Page 230 - If you give a nigger an inch, he will take an ell. A nigger should know nothing but to obey his master— to do as he is told to do. Learning would spoil the best nigger in the world. Now," said he, "if you teach that nigger (speaking of myself) how to read, there would be no keeping him.
Page 230 - Every moment they spent in that school, they were liable to be taken up, and given thirty-nine lashes. They came because they wished to learn. Their minds had been starved by their cruel masters. They had been shut up in mental darkness. I taught them, because it was the delight of my soul to be doing something that looked like bettering the condition of my race.
Page 55 - ... better every day.. .the Dietary Guidelines way. Start with plenty of Breads, Cereals, Rice, and Pasta; Vegetables; and Fruits. Add two to three servings from the Milk group and two to three servings from the Meat group. Each of these food groups provides some, but not all, of the nutrients you need. No one food group is more important than another - for good health you need them all. Go easy on the fats, oils, and sweets, the foods in the small tip of the Pyramid. The "Food Guide Pyramid" booklet...
Page 229 - I have found that, to make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken his moral and mental vision, and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason. He must be able to detect no inconsistencies in slavery; he must be made to feel that slavery is right; and he can be brought to that only when he ceases to be a man.
Page 229 - His presence made it both the field of blood and of blasphemy. From the rising till the going down of the sun, he was cursing, raving, cutting, and slashing among the slaves of the field, in the most frightful manner. His career was short. He died very soon after I went to Colonel Lloyd's; and he died as he lived, uttering, with his dying groans, bitter curses and horrid oaths. His death was regarded by the slaves as the result of a merciful providence. Mr.
Page 142 - I would be happy to answer any questions that you or the other members of the committee may have.
Page 125 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to thank you and the other members of the committee for the opportunity to...
Page 259 - ... mothers at risk of nutrition or health consequences. Among nutritional risk problems which can qualify participants for eligibility are: abnormal weight gain during pregnancy; a history of high-risk pregnancies; growth problems in children and infants such as stunting, underweight, or obesity; anemia; or an inadequate dietary pattern. Services are delivered through a variety of local social service agencies or health clinics which have access to health care providers. Today, there are over 8,200...
Page 236 - Undernutrition associated with poverty can permanently retard physical growth, brain development and cognitive functioning. 2. The longer a child's nutritional, emotional and educational needs go unmet, the greater the likelihood of cognitive impairment. 3. Poor children who attend school hungry perform significantly below non-hungry low income peers on standardized test scores. 4. Iron deficiency anemia, affecting nearly 25 percent of poor children in the United States, is associated with impaired...

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