Tf nutrition planning. workers to help The same office will those who want to grow train food production field vegetables for fheir family consumption. The Community Action Agency, a private organization, offfers a family nutrition education demonstration program. They also offer an ging program which is primarily nutrition related. The Department of Education has a health education program grade students that includes a nutrition component. It for all 10th sO provides breakfast and lunch to all elemnentary and high school students and supper to boarding students at Marshall Island High School in Majurp High School. The Head Start Program offers breakfast, Tunch, children in that program. and Jaluit afd a snack to They also offer weekiy meetings with parents to teach them about nutrition, child development, child health,fetc. It is difficult to assess the impact of these programs. Recommendations 1. Maintain a nutritionist as a regular component of th@ Primary Care with responsibilities for evaluation, promotion of nutrition programs. 2. division of dducation and | Collect basic nutrition data so it can be evaluated an utilized in health planning. 3. Develop inservice education for health workers on the rple nutrition plays, along with appropriate recommendations, in childhood diseases, pregnancy, hypertension and diabetes. 4. Develop community nutrition materials and programs forftuse over the radio and through community groups. 5. Encourage more research and development into food production methods appropriate for the atoll environment. Include@ should be coordination of nutritionists and agriculturists to iftroduce more fruits and vegetables into the diet. Recommendations For improving food production are on file at Loma Linda University. 7. Sacial Problems In an attempt to meet the needs of the Marshallese people} provided by the Governments of the Marshall Islands and the church groups and leaders, outside professional volunteers working in special projects. services are United States, consultantB, and local