§3020e — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

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The Assistant Secretary, with the Secretary of Agriculture, must reach out and give technical help to agencies and groups that serve older people so they can run combined health-promotion and disease-prevention programs. Those programs must be made for older people and include nutrition education, physical activity, and other behavior-change and health-literacy activities, including information on ideal nutrient intake through nutrition education, assessment, and counseling under section 3030g–21(2)(J).

Title 42, §3020e

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The Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall conduct outreach and provide technical assistance to agencies and organizations that serve older individuals to assist such agencies and organizations to carry out integrated health promotion and disease prevention programs that—

(1)are designed for older individuals; and

(2)include—

(A)nutrition education;

(B)physical activity; and

(C)other activities to modify behavior and to improve health literacy, including providing information on optimal nutrient intake, through nutrition education and nutrition assessment and counseling, in accordance with section 3030g–21(2)(J) of this title.

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2006—Pub. L. 109–365 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Assistant Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture may provide technical assistance and appropriate material to agencies carrying out nutrition education programs in accordance with section 3030g–21(2)(J) of this title.” 2000—Pub. L. 106–501 substituted “3030g–21(2)(J)” for “3027(a)(13)(J)”. 1993—Pub. L. 103–171 substituted “Assistant Secretary” for “Commissioner”.

§3020e Nutrition education

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Title 42, §3020e

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