chapter 1 Nutrition in Public Health -- chapter 2 Preventing Disease or Promoting Health? -- chapter 3 The U.S. Population - Looking Forward from the Past -- chapter 4 Nutrition Epidemiology -- chapter 5 Food and Nutrition Surveys for Monitoring the Public's Health -- chapter 6 Prevalence of Diet-Related Chronic Disease:Disparities and Programs to Reduce Them -- chapter 7 Weight Control: Challenges and Solutions -- chapter 8 Special Populations -- chapter 9 Cultural Competence -- chapter 10 Food and Nutrition Politics, Policy, and Legislation -- chapter 11 Food and Nutrition Guidance -- chapter 12 Food and Nutrition Assessment of the Community -- chapter 13 Promoting Food Security -- chapter 14 Social Marketing and Other Mass Communication Techniques -- chapter 15 Food Safety and Defense -- chapter 16 Grants to Support Initiatives in Public Health Nutrition.