[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 227 (Friday, November 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
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[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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