Exploring a Vision Integrating Knowledge for Food and Health (2004) / Chapter Skim
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5 Breakout Group Discussions
5 Breakout Group Discussions
Pages 45-54
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A rapporteur in each group took notes and presented a summary of the group's discussion to the entire gathering. The groups' ideas and recommendations reflected many of the themes discussed earlier in the workshop, but also included fresh perspectives and suggestions.
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INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE Many participants were positive about a number of new collaborative entities springing up, including research teams, centers, institutes, and various coordinating groups, mostly in the academic realm. It was discussed that there is a need to motivate the various government agencies to collaborate as much as the researchers and educators.
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Some thought that what is needed is a single agency to volunteer to take the lead in promoting research and education in food and health: "Until the big guys fund and frame the research in the interdisciplinary area, identify funding for it and specify that is what it is for, we are not going to get very far in getting it done." Some participants suggested that the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy could play a leading role, declaring interdisciplinary food and health research to be a priority and developing cross-agency budgets. Another suggestion was the creation of a group within the federal agencies that would broker grants, allowing researchers to get advice on where to submit collaborative, integrative research programs for the greatest probability of success.
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One suggestion was for USDA to use its extension network to get the message out and to bring food and health research together, which might require additional funding. One group of discussants thought that an effort could be made to increase the focus on making this link in the early grades, rather than waiting to work with an adult audience, and attract new partners, such as the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the National Science Foundation, which have innovative programs to bring science to the lower grades.
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The FAS Initiative is based on a vision of a future food system that provides, for all segments of society, a safe and nutritious food supply grown in a manner that protects health and the environment and adds economic and social value to rural and urban communities. The purpose of the FAS Initiative is to support the creation and expansion of communitybased food systems that are locally owned and controlled, environmentally sound, and health-promoting.
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Academic institutions could promote integrative programming by allowing cluster hires, cross appointments, and reorganization of colleges and departments, including agriculture and medical schools, extension programs, and state health departments. The systematic evaluation of research programs at the termination of a grant to assess the success of a program in making linkages is also important, as is a planned terminal evaluation of the initiative itself.
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The HealthierUS Initiative uses the resources of the federal government to alert Americans to the vital health benefits of simple and modest improvements in physical activity, nutrition, and behavior. The initiative will encourage all Americans to be physically active every day, eat a nutritious diet, get preventive screenings, and make healthy choices to prevent diseases associated with obesity, such as heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (for example., bronchitis, emphysema, and asthma)
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Extension and other outreach programs could focus on low-income audiences, because they are often at greater food and health risk. One participant identified the individualized client plan model that is being used at Alcorn State University, where outreach workers try to solve the problems of the family in totality not only economic problems, but health, education, and any other problems with which a family is afflicted At the same time, it is important to educate schoolchildren, who can take the message home to their parents, so that entire families can embrace healthy changes.
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Other discussants offered up a variety of suggestions for priority topics: · Behavioral psychology of food choice and health Bioactive components of foods Comparative medicine Diabetes Economics of preventing long-term chronic illness related to diet and nutrition Emerging diseases Environmental health Evaluation of research Food engineering Genomics (toxicogenomics, nutritionomics) Geography Intellectual-property rights Marketing, education, and behavior Nutraceuticals Obesity Physical exercise and physical activity Probiotics Satiety Sustainable agriculture Toxicology
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