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THE AMERICAN EGG BOARD HAS ESTABLISHED MANY PROGRAMS TO 

 ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS. ONE AREA WE HAVE WORKED PARTICULARLY HARD 

 IN WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON TODAY IS THE AREA OF NUTRITION. 

 THROUGH AEB, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THE EGG NUTRITION CENTER 

 (ENC), AN ORGANIZATION TO ASSIST EGG PRODUCERS AND PROCESSORS IN 

 PROVIDING CONSUMERS. HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY 

 AND THE MEDIA WITH ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT EGGS AND EGG 

 PRODUCTS. 



A WEALTH OF EDUCATIONAL MATERL\LS HAVE BEEN CREATED TO REACH 

 HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND CONSUMERS ALIKE. RECENT MATERL^S 

 DEVELOPED INCLUDE A FOOD LABELING FACTSHEET FOR CONSUMERS ENTITLED, 

 "TEST YOUR LABEL IQ;» A BROCHURE ENTITLED. "EAT RIGHT AMERICA," 

 WHICH INCORPORATES USDA'S FOOD GUIDE PYRAMID; A WOMEN, INFANTS 

 AND CHILDREN (WIC) BROCHURE; A BROCHURE ENTITLED. "A DOZEN 

 HEART HEALTHY EATING HABITS FOR CHILDREN," DEVELOPED WITH THE 

 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS (AAP); AND A BROCHURE FOR PARENTS, 

 CALLED "CHILDREN AND CHOLESTEROL," (ALSO DEVELOPED WITH THE AAP). 



THE AMERICAN EGG BOARD HAS A SCIENTinC ADVISORY PANEL OF WELL- 



