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§280h–1 Applied Research Program

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

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must, using the CDC and with advice from the NIH director, study how physical activity, diet, and other factors affect health. The work must create and test ways to prevent and treat obesity and eating disorders (for example, anorexia and bulimia), measure how common and costly childhood obesity is and how it affects adults, find behaviors and risk factors for obesity, and check nutrition and activity education for parents, teachers, and child‑care food staff. Funds are authorized to be provided as needed for each fiscal year 2001 through 2005.

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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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42 U.S.C. § 280h–1

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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