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§ 5301. Congressional statement of purposes
The purposes of this chapter are to—
(1) make more effective use of Federal and State expenditures for nutrition monitoring, and enhance the performance and benefits of current Federal nutrition monitoring and related research activities;
(2) establish and facilitate the timely implementation of a coordinated National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program, and thereby provide a scientific basis for the maintenance and improvement of the nutritional status of the people of the United States and the nutritional quality (including, but not limited to, nutritive and nonnutritive span) of food consumed in the United States;
(3) establish and implement a comprehensive plan for the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program to assess, on a continuing basis, the dietary and nutritional status of the people of the United States and the trends with respect to such status, the state of the art with respect to nutrition monitoring and related research, future monitoring and related research priorities, and the relevant policy implications;
(4) establish and improve the quality of national nutritional and health status data and related data bases and networks, and stimulate research necessary to develop uniform indicators, standards, methodologies, technologies, and procedures for nutrition monitoring;
(5) establish a central Federal focus for the coordination, management, and direction of Federal nutrition monitoring activities;
(6) establish mechanisms for addressing the nutrition monitoring needs of Federal, State, and local governments, the private sector, scientific and engineering communities, health care professionals, and the public in support of the foregoing purposes; and
(7) provide for the conduct of such scientific research and development as may be necessary or appropriate in support of such purposes.
(Pub. L. 101–445, § 2, Oct. 22, 1990, 104 Stat. 1034.)
§ 5302. DefinitionsAs used in this chapter—
(1) the term “comprehensive plan” means the comprehensive plan prepared under section 5313 of this title;
(2) the term “coordinated program” means the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program established by section 5311(a) of this title;
(3) the terms “Interagency Board for Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research” and “Board” mean the Federal coordinating body established by section 5311(c) of this title;
(4) the term “Joint Implementation Plan for a Comprehensive National Nutrition Monitoring System” means the plan of that title dated August 18, 1981 and submitted by the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services under section 3178 of this title;
(5) the term “local government” means a local general unit of government or local educational unit;
(6) the terms “National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council” and “Council” mean the advisory body established under section 5331 of this title;
(7) the term “nutrition monitoring and related research” means the set of activities necessary to provide timely information about the role and status of factors that bear on the contribution that nutrition makes to the health of the people of the United States, including—
(A) dietary, nutritional, and health status measurements;
(B) food consumption measurements;
(C) food composition measurements and nutrient data banks;
(D) dietary knowledge and attitude measurements; and
(E) food supply and demand determinations;
(8) the term “nutritional quality” means—
(A) the appropriate levels of individual nutrients in the diet;
(B) the appropriate levels between nutrients in the diet;
(C) the bioavailability of nutrients such as absorption, digestion, and utilization; and
(D) the nutritional importance of nonnutrient substances such as fiber, phytate, and such substances that are naturally found in the food supply; and
(9) the term “Secretaries” means the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting jointly.
(Pub. L. 101–445, § 3, Oct. 22, 1990, 104 Stat. 1035.)