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Federal Human Nutrition Research. Jujy 21, 1977. 22 pp.
Testimony before the Zouse Committee on Science and Technology:
Domestic and International Scientific Planning and Analysis
Subcommittee; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Food (1700).
Budget Function: Education, Manpower, and Social Services:
Social Services (506).
Organization Concerned: Department of Agriculture: Agricultural
Peearch Service; Health Resources Adainistration; National
Institutes of Health.
congressional Relevance: House Committee on Science and
Technology: Domestic and International Scientific Planning
and Analysis Subcommittee.
Authority: Food and Agricultural Act of 1977; S. 275 (95th
Cong.).
Vith the disappearance of major nutritional deficiency
diseases in the United States, nutrition research has turned to
more elusive pursuits, such as the effects of diet on human
intellect and life span. As a consequence, human nutrition
research has become complex and oultidisciplinary, involving
dietetics, biochemistry, physiology, medicine, ini-robiology,
genetics, endocrinology, food technology, and agricultural
science. The Government ipends about $80 millicn per year on
human nutrition resear-n. None of the Federal organizations
involved in nutriticn research provides comprehensive nutrition
information, and comprehensive information for determining the
direction and focus of Federal human nutrition research is
lacking at this time. The four broad areas of research needs
which are important for sound nutrition planning are hp-an
nutritional requirements; food composition and nutrient
availability; diet, disease causation, and food safety; and fooA
consumption and nutritional status. The principal Federal
agencies supporting human nutrition research are the
Agricultural Research Service and the National Institutes of
Health. In addition, the Health Resources Administration
conducts the Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which is a
major research project designed to measure and monitor the
nutritional statu.F of the American people over time. (SC)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadxvg0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)