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PSAD-77-156 1 (1978-03-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaawzk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCIURN! RESUAR 05606 - ([0905847) Federal Suman Nutrition Research Needs a Coordinated Approach To advance Nutrition Knoledge (2 Volumes), PSAD-77-156; B-164031(3). March 28, 1978. 212 pp. + 9 appendices (43 pp.). Report to the Conqress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. issue Area: Science and Technology: management and Oversight of Programs (2004); Food (1700). Contact: Procurement and Systems Acquisition Div. Budget Function: Health: Health Research and Education (552). Organization Concerned: Office of management and Budget; National Institutes of Uealth; Department of Agriculture: Agricultaral Research Center; Office of Science and Technology Policy. Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Agriculture; Senate Committee on Agriculture an4 Forestry; Congress. Authority: Food and Agriculture Act of 1977. Each year the Federal Government spends betvsen S73 million and S117 million on husaa nutrition research. This represents about 3% of the S3 billion it spends annually on all research in agriculture and health. Several Federal departments and agencies support human nutrition research although no department or aceucy has human nutrition as its primary missioz, Findings/Conclusions: major knowledge gaps and related research needs have been classified into four broad and interrelated areas that are important for sound nutrition planning whether a nutrition program6s target is an entire populaticna a population subgroup, or an individual. The areas include: human nutritional requirements; food co~position and nutrient availability; diet, disease causation, and food safety; and food consumption and nutritional status. Research needs for r',ponding to these knowledge gaps include: long-term studies of human subjects across the full range of both health and disease; comparative studies .r.n populations of different geographic, cultural, and genetic backgrounds; basic investigation of the functions and interactions of dietary compouents; updated and expanded food composition data; and improved techniques for assessing long-term toxicological risks. The following barriers to nutrition reaearch persist: lark of central focus and coordination, shortage of nutrition scientists, and uncertainty of Federal fuuds for extramural research. Recommendations: The Directcr, Office of Science and Technology Policy, should work vith Federal ag-cles to further define areas of human nutrition research and xike recommendations to the Directore Cffice of management and ZAdget to: assign, where practicable* each area to a lead agenry; eliminate unnecessary research that may exist among Federal agencies; and promote Government-wide human nutrition research planning, coordination, and reporting. (RS)

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