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2 Government Initiatives on Food and Health
2 Government Initiatives on Food and Health
Pages 11-22
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, which includes NIH and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , marked the closing of the workshop with remarks on "Science to Improve Public Health and the Food System: Bridging the Divide." GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND THE HUNGER-OBESITY EQUATION Marburger, Jen, and Hubbard touched on a wide array of issues related to food 11
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Addressing Hunger through Technology and Education Agriculture has experienced the most dramatic productivity gains of any human endeavor in the scientific era, but Marburger reminded workshop participants that food and health issues needed to be grounded in a social context. "The most important food and health issue is providing enough food for people to satisfy their basic nutritional needs," he told the gathering.
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There is concern that the growing prevalence of obesity and its occurrence at earlier ages will increase the onset of chronic diseases and diabetes. Jen presented data on the increasing trend in overweight and obesity in the United States (see Figure 2-1 for obesity trends)
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These include government policies on agriculture, taxes, and exports/imports; issues related to food palatability and availability; and consumer income and education. Multidisciplinary teams made up of professionals in nutrition, economics, public health, physical education, behavioral science, food technology, marketing, medical science, political science, and other fields are the key to defining and refining the underlying research that is necessary to address the problem of obesity.
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Asked to elaborate on how such a center would be structured, Jen said that it could be a one-stop resource, but admitted that he did not have specifics. Asked about USDA efforts to refocus existing programs such as school lunches, food stamps, and the extension service toward the war on obesity, Jen said that the department has laid some groundwork for building a team approach toward all these issues across USDA agencies and is trying to improve interagency efforts.
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The federal investment in food-related research is not officially tracked, but includes most of the USDA's programs, totaling about $2 billion, and relevant programs in agencies including NIH, the National Science Foundation (NSF) , the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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The vulnerability of the food supply clearly is increasingly visible; catastrophic outbreaks of mad cow disease, foot and mouth disease, and other agricultural pests and viruses seem to be emerging more rapidly today as a result of increasing globalization. Marburger cited the recent monkey pox and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
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The U.S. agricultural sector could do more to promote good nutrition and health, Thompson said in response to a question about what agriculture might do differently to benefit public health.
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HHS launched a Healthy Cities campaign in September 2003 with initial funding of $15 million, he said. To encourage healthier behavior, a community or city can develop programs to reduce chronic disease and risk factors such as diabetes, obesity, asthma, and tobacco smoking, and submit them to HHS to receive funding and be declared a healthy city.
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