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EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION AND SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY OF REGION ONE - NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSN. and EMPIRE STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Theme: PUBLIC POLICY and the POLITICS of HEALTH ITT Symposium on Nutrition and Health CONCORD HOTEL, LAKE KIAMESHA, NEW YORK MAY 24-27, 1979 Edith C. Reid, Chairperson National Medical Association Region 1 Henry W. Meacham, M.D., President Empire State Medical Association Jamaica, New York [[image]] [[caption]] William H. Toles (left) vice president and director -- urban affairs for ITT Continental Baking Company, and Drs. Edith C. Reid and Gerald E. Thomson discuss the agenda for the National Medical Association's Region 1 Conference held recently in Cherry Hill, N.J. For the third consecutive year, Continental Baking sponsored a nutrition workshop at the conference, this year called "Nutrition and Related Issues of Survival." Dr. Reid, president of Region 1, served as chairperson, while Dr. Thomson was program chairperson. [[image - conference attendees sitting and listening]] [[image]] [[caption]] Dr. Thurman Evans Convention Scientific Chairman [[image - convention attendees siting at table and conversing]] 70