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Resources
2003
AgeSource
Worldwide (4/2003). For professionals and consumers,
this website provides key information resources from around
the world that focus on aging. AARP. (800) 424-3410.
State of the States: A Profile of Food and Nutrition Programs
Across the Nation (2003). For professionals
and consumers, this report provides basic data to
help measure how programs are doing in the effort to get
key public nutrition programs to provide adequate benefits.
Food Research and Action Center. (202) 986-2200 x3016.
The
Aging States Project: Promoting Opportunities for Collaboration
Between the Public Health and Aging Services Networks
(1/2003).
For professionals and consumers, this
report was
developed to help bridge the gap between public health and
aging services networks to ensure optimal health for our
nation’s older residents.
2002 and earlier
