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Economically, national and global market unification has introduced new foods and new cuisines into the American diet, and seasonal foods, such as fresh vegetables and fruits, have become available year-round. While these changes have allowed malnutrition and hunger to be a concern of the past for most Americans and the average caloric intake has been increasing (see Figure 1-1)
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Agricultural research has traditionally focused on improving production quantities and quality, usually of single crops or animal species. USDA, with its mission to support American agriculture and a safe and affordable food supply Defined as a Body Mass Index (BMI)
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Journal ofthe American Medical Association 284:1650-1651. 9 Mokdad AH, Bowman BA, Ford ES, et al.
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Reporting NO Physical Activity in Their Leisure Time —1 9gO-1998 Per £apita Alcohol Consumption (Ages 14+) —1990-1 998 1 999 Average Daily Servings of Fruits and \/dgetables (Ages 2+)
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In contrast, heart disease and diabetes, known outcomes of overweight and obesity, each received over $1 billion.~4 The National Academies brought together representatives of USDA and NIH, along with the other public and private funding institutions, in the hope of sparking exploration of a more efficient and effective system for conducting food and health research geared to improving, maintaining, and promoting health. A discussion of new structures, policies, programs, and roles may encourage research and education into these novel, interdisciplinary avenues.
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n.d. NRI Annual Report: Fiscal Year 2001, National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program.
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Research Area/Program Number Total Dollars of Grants Awardedb Enhancing value and use of agricultural and forest products Food characterization/process/product research 21 3,367,883 Non-food characterization/process/product research 16 2,453,217 Improved utilization of wood and wood fibern 16 2,025,166 Total 53 $7,846,266 Other Agricultural systems 11 2,535,289 Strengthening programso 75 3,514,458 Metabolic engineering program interagencyp 2 250,000 U.S. rice genome project interagency 2 2,000,000 Total 90 $8,299,747 Awards to be determinedq $1,620,267 Grand total 597 $99,032,201 aThe content of this table varies slightly from tables provided in documents supporting the President's budget to Congress each year in the following ways: 1)
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Meeting participants drew on their past experiences with other integration attempts and their future needs in research and education fields where food and the food supply intersect with health, such as food biotechnology, nutrition, cancer, obesity, diabetes, food safety, food-animal health, and zoonotic diseases. These contributions served as a springboard for a broader examination of the education and research infrastructure in agricultural colleges, medical schools, and funding institutions.
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The workshop was intended to illuminate issues, not to resolve them. By its nature, any workshop is necessarily incomplete, and a workshop summary can report only on what was said.
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