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COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION STANDARDS FOR FOODS IN SCHOOLS

Session Agenda
Wedenesday, October 26, 2005

1:00 Welcome, Opening Remarks
Virginia Stallings, Chair, Committee on Nutrition Standards for Foods in Schools

1:15 Perspectives on Study Task and Discussion
Virginia Stallings, Committee Chair, to moderate discussion
Derek Miller, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Democratic Professional Staff
Mary McKenna, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Scientist
Shirley Watkins, IOM Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth, Member
Linda Meyers, Food and Nutrition Board, Director
Jay Hirschman, USDA, Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Analysis, Nutrition and Evaluation, Director of Special Nutrition Staff

4:00 Adjourn Open Session 

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