Federal Overview for Public Health Nutrition

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Federal Overview for Public Health Nutrition
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Some Major Players

• USDA
• Food and Nutrition Service
• Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
• Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
• Department of Health and Human Services
• CDC
• HRSA
• FDA
• NCI
• Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• EPA

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• USDA Mission Enhance the quality of life for the
  American people by supporting production of
  agriculture
• ensuring a safe, affordable, nutritious, and
  accessible food supply
• caring for agricultural, forest, and range lands
  
• supporting sound development of rural
  communities
• providing economic opportunities for farm and
  rural residents
• expanding global markets for agricultural and
  forest products and services
• and working to reduce hunger in America and
  throughout the world.
• USDA Vision A healthy and productive Nation in
  harmony with the land.

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Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)

• works to increase food security and reduce hunger
  by providing children and low-income people with
  access to food, a healthy diet, and nutrition
  education in a manner that supports U.S.
  agriculture and inspires public confidence in the
  Nation's domestic nutrition assistance programs.
• FNS nutrition assistance programs represent over
  nearly half of USDA's budget.

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FNS Programs

• Food Stamp Program
• Child Nutrition Programs
• Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
  Infants, and Children (WIC).
• Commodities to low-income Americans.
• Monitoring of the eating habits of program
  participants

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Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP)

• develops and promotes science-based dietary
  guidance and economic information for consumers
  and professionals in health, education, industry,
  and media

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Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP)

• Partner with HHS for Dietary Guidelines
• Healthy Eating Index
• Nutrient Content of the Food Supply
• Food Guide Pyramid
• Thrifty Food Plan

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Dietary Guidelines 2000 A

• Aim for Fitness
• Aim for a healthy weight.
• Be physically active each day.

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Dietary Guidelines 2000 B

• Build a Healthy Base.
• Let the Pyramid guide your food choices.
• Choose a variety of grains daily, especially
  whole grains.
• Chose a variety of fruits and vegetables daily.
• Keep food safe to eat.

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Dietary Guidelines 2000 C

• Choose Sensibly.
• Choose a diet that is low in saturated fat and
  cholesterol and moderate in total fat.
• Choose beverages and foods to moderate your
  intake of sugars.
• Choose and prepare foods with less salt.
• If you drink alcoholic beverages, do so in
  moderation.

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Department of Health and Human Services
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Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,

• Works to strengthen the disease prevention and
  health promotion priorities of the Department
  within the collaborative framework of the HHS
  agencies.
• Collaborated with USDA on Dietary Guidelines

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National Cancer Institute 5 A Day for Better
Health

• The national Program gives Americans a simple,
  positive message - eat 5 or more servings of
  fruits and vegetables every day for better
  health. The program is jointly sponsored by the
  National Cancer Institute in the U.S. Department
  of Health and Human Services and the Produce for
  Better Health Foundation, a nonprofit consumer
  education foundation representing the fruit and
  vegetable industry. The National Cancer Institute
  funds behavior change and communications research
  to determine strategies that are effective to
  increase fruit and vegetable consumption.

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Centers for Disease Control Mission

• To promote health and quality of life by
  preventing and controlling disease, injury, and
  disability

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Centers for Disease Control 11 Centers,
Institutes, and Offices

• Epidemiology Program Office
• National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
  and Health Promotion
• National Center for Environmental Health
• Office of Genetics and Disease Prevention
• National Center for Health Statistics
• National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention
• National Center for Infectious Diseases
• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
  
• National Immunization Program
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and
  Health
• Public Health Practice Program Office

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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion

• Vision Enabling all people in an increasingly
  diverse society to lead long healthy, satisfying
  lives.

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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion

• Mission
• To prevent death and disability from chronic
  diseases
• To promote maternal, infant, and adolescent
  health.
• To promote healthy personal behaviors.
• To accomplish these goals in partnership with
  health and education agencies, major voluntary
  associations, the private sector, and other
  federal agencies.

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Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Purpose

• provides science-based activities for children
  and adults that address the role of nutrition and
  physical activity in health promotion and the
  prevention and control of chronic diseases

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Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Scope

• Epidemiology
• Applied research
• Public health policy
• Surveillance
• Community interventions,
• Evaluation
• Communications

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Sample of CDC Nutrition and Physical Activity
Projects

• Surgeon Generals report on Physical Activity in
  1996.
• Funding of 24 Prevention Research Centers
• Funding 16 states to provide coordinated school
  based programs for nutrition and physical
  activity
• Creation of Healthy Schools Indices
• Expansion of National Breast and Cervical Cancer
  Early Detection Program to include dietary and
  physical activity interventions
• Promotion of Active Community Environments

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Future Activities for DNPA

• CDC considers it a priority that people be
  afforded opportunities to pursue and maintain
  good health through such avenues as safe walking
  and cycling trails low-fat, high-fruit-and-vegeta
  ble menu selections in restaurants, schools, and
  worksite cafeterias and physical activity
  programs in schools, worksites, and community
  gathering places.

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Healthy People 2010
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What is Healthy People?

• Healthy People 2010 is the prevention agenda for
  the Nation. It is a statement of national health
  objectives designed to identify the most
  significant preventable threats to health and to
  establish national goals to reduce these threats.

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Predecessors

• 1979 - Healthy People The Surgeon Generals
  Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
• 1980 - Promoting Health/Preventing Disease
  Objectives for the Nation,Healthy People
• 1990 - Healthy People 2000 National Health
  Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives

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Process of Development

• Broad Consultation Process Healthy People
  Consortium with 350 organizations and 250
  government agencies
• Built on best scientific evidence final
  objectives developed by teams of experts from
  variety of federal agencies
• Coordinated by Office of Disease Prevention and
  Health Promotion
• Designed to measure progress over time

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2 Overarching Goals

• Increase Quality and Years of Healthy Life
• Eliminate Health Disparities

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10 Leading Health Indicators Establish
Priorities and Focus

• Physical Activity
• Overweight and obesity
• Tobacco use
• Substance abuse
• Responsible sexual behavior

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10 Leading Health Indicators Establish
Priorities and Focus

• Mental health
• Injury and violence
• Environmental quality
• Immunization
• Access to health care

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28 Focus Areas, Including

• Overweight and nutrition
• Food Safety

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Overweight and Nutrition

• Goal Promote health and reduce chronic disease
  associated with diet and weight.

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Weight Status and Growth

• 19-1 Healthy weight in adults
• 19-2 Obesity in adults
• 19-3 Overweight or obesity in children and
  adolescents
• 19-4 Growth retardation in children

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Food and Nutrient Consumption

• 19-5 Fruit intake
• 19-6 Vegetable intake
• 19-7 Grain product intake
• 19-8 Saturated fat intake
• 19-9 Total fat intake
• 19-10 Sodium intake
• 19-11 Calcium intake

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Iron Deficiency and Anemia

• 19-12 Iron deficiency in young children and in
  females of childbearing age
• 19-13 Anemia in low-income pregnant females
• 19-14 Iron deficiency in pregnant females

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Schools, Worksites, and Nutrition Counseling

• 19-15 Meals and snacks at school
• 19-16 Worksite promotion of nutrition
  education and weight management
• 19-17 Nutrition counseling for medical
  conditions

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Food Security

• 19-18 Increase food security among U.S.
  households and in so doing reduce hunger

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Related Objectives

• Access to Quality Health Services
• Arthritis, Osteoporosis, and Chronic Back
  Conditions
• Cancer
• Chronic Kidney Disease
• Diabetes
• Educational and Community-Based Programs

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Related Objectives, Cont..

• Health Communication
• Heart Disease and Stroke
• Maternal, Infant, and Child Health
• Mental Health and Mental Disorders
• Physical Activity and Fitness
• Substance Abuse

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Food Safety Objectives

• Goal Reduce foodborne illnesses

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Food Safety Objectives

• 10-1 Foodborne infections
• 10-2 Outbreaks of foodborne infections
• 10-3 Antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella
  species
• 10-4 Food allergy deaths
• 10-5 Consumer food safety practices
• 10-6 Safe food preparation practices in retail
  establishments
• 10-7 Organophosphate pesticide exposure

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Food Safety A Team Approachhttp//vm.cfsan.fda.g
ov/lrd/foodteam.htmlCDC

• FDA
• CDC
• USDA
• Cooperative Extension Service
• National Agricultural Library USDA/FDA
  Foodborne Illness Education Information Center
• EPA
• U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic
  and Atmospheric Administration

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Food Safety Team, Cont..

• U.S. Department of the Treasury Bureau of
  Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
• U.S. Customs Service
• U.S. Department of Justice
• Federal Trade Commission
• State and Local Governments

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Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)

• sets standards for food safety and inspects meat,
  poultry, and egg products produced domestically
  and imported

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FDA

• FDA's mission is to promote and protect the
  public health by helping safe and effective
  products reach the market in a timely way, and
  monitoring products for continued safety after
  they are in use.

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• FDA safeguards the nation's food supply by making
  sure that all ingredients used in foods are safe,
  and that food is free of contaminants -- like
  disease-causing organisms, chemicals, or other
  harmful substances.
• The agency must approve new food additives before
  they can be used in foods. FDA also monitors the
  safety of dietary supplements and the content of
  infant formulas and medical foods.
• Meat and poultry products, however, are regulated
  by the USDA.

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EPA Food and Water Safety

• Establishes safe drinking water standards
  Regulates toxic substances and wastes to prevent
  their entry into the environment and food chain
• Assists states in monitoring quality of drinking
  water and finding ways to prevent contamination
  of drinking water
• Determines safety of new pesticides, sets
  tolerance levels for pesticide residues in foods,
  and publishes directions on safe use of
  pesticides