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Department of Health and Human Services |
|
Research, Demonstration, and Evaluation Activities
FY 2003 Plan and Budget
February 2002 |
RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATIONS
(by HHS Strategic Plan Objective)
IMPROVE THE DIET AND THE LEVEL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF AMERICANS
(OBJECTIVE 1.3)
Table III
(Dollars in thousands) |
|---|
| PROGRAM |
FY 2001
Actual |
FY 2002
Appropriation |
FY 2003
President’s Budget Request |
| Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
(CDC) |
$2,400 |
$2,900 |
$2,900 |
| Health Services Research (NIH) |
$47,923 |
$48,328 |
$47,246 |
| Total |
$50,323 |
$51,228 |
$50,146 |
FY 2003 Priorities
CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION (CDC)
Research: The CDC will conduct research in order to:
- better define the epidemiology of obesity and it complications; and
the environmental and physical activity indicators associated with obesity.
- conduct a best practice review of obesity prevention/reduction
programs.
- examine the validity of physical activity and nutrition measures of
youth.
- develop communication strategies to promote healthy nutrition,
physical activity, and obesity control and prevention.
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH (NIH)
Research: In FY 2003, NIH funds will be used to continue several
research efforts to support a better understanding of diet and physical
activity and its relationship to the health of Americans. FY 2003 priorities
include:
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) will continue to develop innovative
approaches to disease prevention through behavior change in exercise, diet,
tobacco use, and alcohol abuse.
Research programs supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) will focus on:
- the National Diabetes Education Program initiative to improve the
treatment and outcomes for people with diabetes, to promote early diagnosis,
and ultimately, to prevent the onset of diabetes.
- the Look AHEAD program (Action For Health in Diabetes, formerly known
as the Study of Health Outcomes of Weight-Loss (SHOW)) to examine the effects
of a lifestyle intervention designed to achieve and maintain weight loss over
the long term through decreased caloric intake and exercise.
- the Type 2 Diabetes in Children Project to examine cost-effective,
school or community based interventions with the potential for broad,
population-wide application.
- the Diabetes Prevention and Control Efforts Program to translate
recent advances in the prevention and treatment of type 1 or type 2 diabetes
into clinical practice for individuals and communities at risk, including
clinical or behavioral studies to develop and test improved methods of health
care delivery to patients with or at risk of diabetes, to improve methods of
diabetes self management, and to develop a cost effective community-based
strategies to promote healthy lifestyles that will reduce the risk the Diabetes
Prevention an