3.0.0 3584 2022-02-03T05:08:55Z 2022-02-03T05:08:55Z Senate S S 2008-09-25 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-25T20:26:42Z 2008-09-25 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9499-9502) IntroReferral 2008-09-25 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9498-9499) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS N Health Agriculture and Food Block grants Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Diet Eating disorders Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Families Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to health facilities Fruit Government Operations and Politics Health education Health insurance Health surveys Higher education Labeling Lifestyle Maternal health services Medicaid Medical education Medical research Medical screening Medical statistics Medically uninsured Medicare Mental health Nutrition Obesity Physical education and training Physical fitness Physicians Poor children Preventive medicine Reprogramming of appropriated funds School health programs School lunch program Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Sports and Recreation Vegetables Weight loss Women Health 00 2008-09-25 Introduced in Senate 2009-01-13T18:59:59Z Obesity Prevention, Treatment, and Research Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to convene a United States Council on Overweight-Obesity Prevention with duties to include developing strategies to comprehensively prevent, treat, and reduce overweight and obesity.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to establish a grant demonstration and pilot program to address overweight and obesity issues, including through promoting increased physical activity and healthier lifestyles.

Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC, to award grants to promote health behaviors for women and children in target populations.

Provides for the collection and analysis of data on fitness levels, health, and nutrition.

Includes community education programs designed to address and prevent overweight, obesity, and eating disorders as activities states may carry out under preventive health services and health services block grants.

Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture to update and reform federal oversight of food and beverage labeling.

Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide for additional funding for a program to make free fresh fruits and vegetables available in elementary schools.

Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant titles of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of certain services related to overweight and obesity, including diet and exercise counseling, medical nutrition therapy services, and weight and body mass index (BMI) measurement and monitoring.

]]> Obesity Prevention, Treatment, and Research Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Obesity Prevention, Treatment, and Research Act of 2008 Display Title Obesity Prevention, Treatment, and Research Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to comprehensively prevent, treat, and decrease overweight and obesity in our Nation's populations. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3584is/xml/BILLS-110s3584is.xml 2008-09-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9499-9502) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.