[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 227 (Friday, November 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 66451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30812]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services
Research, Education, and Economics
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of Public Health and Science
National Nutrition Summit: Notice of a Public Meeting To Solicit
Input in the Planning of a National Nutrition Summit
AGENCIES: U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services.
ACTION: National Nutrition Summit: Notice of a public meeting to
solicit input in the planning of a National Nutrition Summit.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) provide notice of a public meeting to
solicit input in the planning of the National Nutrition Summit. The
meeting will be held at the Jefferson Auditorium of the South
Agriculture Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC,
near the Smithsonian Metro station.
DATES: The public meeting to solicit input for the National Nutrition
Summit (the Summit) will be held on December 9, 1999, from 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. e.s.t.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shanthy A. Bowman, USDA, Agricultural
Research Service, 301-504-0619, or Paul M. Coates, HHS, National
Institutes of Health, 301-435-2920.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background Information on the Summit
The USDA and HHS are planning a National Nutrition Summit that is
tentatively scheduled for May 30-31, 2000, in Washington, DC. This
Summit is intended to provide opportunity (a) to highlight
accomplishments in the areas of Food, Nutrition, and Health since the
White House Conference on this subject held in 1969; (b) to identify
continuing challenges and emerging opportunities for the Nation in
these areas; and (c) to focus on nutrition and lifestyle issues across
the lifespan, especially those that we confront in solving the Nation's
epidemic of overweight and obesity.
Registration for Oral Presentation
Registration is required to provide oral input for the Summit at
the public meeting on December 9, 1999. Requests to provide oral input
at the meeting should be submitted by 5:00 p.m. e.s.t. December 7,
1999, to Shanthy A. Bowman, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, 301-
504-0619. Name of the presenter, organization affiliation (if
applicable), city, state, and contact phone number are required for
registration. Presenters will be selected on first come basis.
Presentations should be limited to three (3) minutes or less.
Registration will also be accepted at the meeting, if time slots are
available.
Written Comments
Written comments will be accepted at the public meeting on December
9, 1999. Written comments may also be submitted by 5:00 p.m. e.s.t.
December 20, 1999 to Shanthy A. Bowman, USDA-ARS-BHNRC, 10300 Baltimore
Avenue, Bldg 005, Rm 125, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD 20705-2325.
Agenda
The agenda for the public meeting will include, but will not be
limited to, a) introductory remarks from the representatives of the
Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services, b) public
meeting session on nutrition and lifestyle approaches to solving the
nation's epidemic of overweight, and c) public meeting session on
nutrition and physical activity across the lifespan.
The HHS and USDA Summit Steering Committee is interested in
receiving input that will help guide the planning activities for the
Summit, in relation to the above mentioned areas. The Summit Steering
Committee includes representatives of the HHS Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health and Office of the
Secretary and the USDA mission areas of Research, Education, and
Economics and Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services.
Dated: November 18, 1999.
Julie Paradis,
Deputy Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services,
Department of Agriculture.
Eileen T. Kennedy,
Deputy Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics, Department
of Agriculture.
Nicole Lurie,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health
and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 99-30812 Filed 11-24-99; 8:45 am]
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