Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§280h–1 Applied research program

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES › Part Part Q— - Programs To Improve the Health of Children › § 280h–1

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Health must use the CDC and consult the NIH to research and create tested ways to improve health tied to diet and exercise and to prevent and treat weight and eating problems. The work must study how physical activity and diet affect health, find behaviors and risk factors for obesity, measure how common childhood obesity is and what problems and costs it causes later, develop obesity and eating-disorder strategies (for example, anorexia and bulimia), and test nutrition and activity programs for child care and preschool settings. Money may be provided as needed for each fiscal year 2001 through 2005 to carry out these tasks.

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Title 42, §280h–1

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(a)The Secretary, acting through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in consultation with the Director of the National Institutes of Health, shall—

(1)conduct research to better understand the relationship between physical activity, diet, and health and factors that influence health-related behaviors;

(2)develop and evaluate strategies for the prevention and treatment of obesity to be used in community-based interventions and by health professionals;

(3)develop and evaluate strategies for the prevention and treatment of eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia;

(4)conduct research to establish the prevalence, consequences, and costs of childhood obesity and its effects in adulthood;

(5)identify behaviors and risk factors that contribute to obesity;

(6)evaluate materials and programs to provide nutrition education to parents and teachers of children in child care or pre-school and the food service staff of such child care and pre-school entities; and

(7)evaluate materials and programs that are designed to educate and encourage physical activity in child care and pre-school facilities.

(b)There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 280h–1

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73