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Community nutrition
| accronym | meaning |
|---|---|
| FASEB | Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology |
| FAO | Food and Agricultural Organization |
| FAS | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |
| FDA | Food & Drug Association |
| FD&C Act | Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act |
| FDPIR | Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations |
| FERRET | Federal Electronic Research and Review Extraction Tool |
| FLAPS | Food label and Package Survey |
| FMNP | WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program |
| FNIC | Food and Nutirition Information Center |
| FNS | Food and Nutrition Service Service (USDA) |
| FRAC | Food Research and Action Center |
| SNAP | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program |
| FTC | Federal Trade Commission |
| GAO | General Accounting Office |
| GASP | Growing as a Single Parent (program) |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GIGO | Garbage In, Garbage Out |
| GPO | Government Printing Office |
| GRAS | Generally Recognized as Safe |
| GTT | Glucose Tolerance Test |
| HACCP | Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point |
| HB | Hemoglobin |
| HCT | Hematocrit |
| HDl-C | High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol |
| HDS | Health and Diet Study |
| HHANES | Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
| HHH | Harvest Health at Home |
| HIPC | Health Insurance Purchasing Cooperative |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HMO | Health Maintenance Organization |
| HNIS | Human Nutrition Information Service |
| HR | House of Representatives |
| HRA | Health Risk Appraisal |
| IADL | Insturmental Activities of Daily Living |
| ICD-9-cm | International Classification of Diseases- Clinical MAnifestation |
| ICN | Internation Conference on Nutrition |
| ICPSR | Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research |
| IDDM | Inusulin Dependent Diabetes Melitus |
| IFFRI | International food Policy Research Institute |
| IHS | Indian Health Service |
| IMR | Infant Mortality Rate |
| INCAP | Insitute of Nutrition of Central American and Panama |
| IOM/NAS | Institute of Medicine/ National Academy of Sciences |
| IOP | Improvement of ogranizational Performances |
| IPA | Independent Practice Association |
| JCHAO | Joint Commission on Accredidation of HEalthcare Organizations |
| LBW | Low BirthWeight |
| LD | Licensed Dietitian |
| LDL-C | Low-Density Lipoprotein- Cholesterol |
| LEAN | Lowfat Eating For America Now |
| MCHS | Maternal ad Child Health Services |
| MCV | Mean Corpuscular Volume |
| MIC | Maternal and Infant Care |
| MMR | Maternal Mortalilty Rate |
| MMWR | Morbidity and Mortalitly Weekly Report |
| MRFIT | Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Tool |