National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (7 USC Ch. 84) Country/Territory United States of America Document type Legislation Date 1990 (2020) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Nutrition Research Monitoring Policy/planning Data collection/reporting Standards Public health Gender Geographical area Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract This act provides for national nutrition monitoring and related research. The purposes of this chapter are to (1) make more effective use of Federal and State expenditures for nutrition monitoring, and enhance the performance and benefits of current Federal nutrition monitoring and related research activities; (2) establish and facilitate the timely implementation of a coordinated National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program, and thereby provide a scientific basis for the maintenance and improvement of the nutritional status of the people of the United States and the nutritional quality (including, but not limited to, nutritive and non-nutritive content) of food consumed in the United States; (3) establish and implement a comprehensive plan for the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program with a gender perspective to assess, on a continuing basis, the dietary and nutritional status of the people of the United States and the trends with respect to such status, the state of the art with respect to nutrition monitoring and related research, future monitoring and related research priorities, and the relevant policy implications; (4) establish and improve the quality of national nutritional and health status data and related data bases and networks, and stimulate research necessary to develop uniform indicators, standards, methodologies, technologies, and procedures for nutrition monitoring; (5) establish a central Federal focus for the coordination, management, and direction of Federal nutrition monitoring activities; (6) establish mechanisms for addressing the nutrition monitoring needs of Federal, State, and local governments, the private sector, scientific and engineering communities, health care professionals, and the public in support of the foregoing purposes; and (7) provide for the conduct of such scientific research and development as may be necessary or appropriate in support of such purposes. Full text English Website uscode.house.gov