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(P) The following programs under the au-
thority of the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services through the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention: 
(i) Nutrition and physical activity 
grants. 
(ii) Division of Adolescent and School 
Health. 
(iii) Verb Campaign. 
(iv) Prevention research centers. 
(v) 5-a-day programs. 
(vi) Steps to a healthier United 
States. 
(Q) Access to local foods and school gar-
dens, as authorized by section 122 of the Child 
Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 
2004 (Public Law 108–265). 
(d) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN RULES.—For pur-
poses of this section, rules similar to the rules of sections 
9601 and 9602 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall 
apply. 
TITLE VII—RESEARCH 
SEC. 701. EXPANSION OF RESEARCH REGARDING OBESITY. 
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, 
based on the conclusions of the United States Preventive 
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Services Task Force on Obesity, conduct research on obe-
sity prevention, treatment, and control with regard to the 
following: 
(1) The effectiveness of physical activity and di-
etary counseling with children and adolescents in the 
primary care setting to prevent, treat, and control 
obesity. 
(2) The cost-effectiveness of intensive dietary 
and physical activity counseling to prevent, treat, 
and control obesity in a variety of populations. 
(3) The effectiveness of dietary and physical ac-
tivity counseling among children and adolescents, 
low income populations, and minority groups in the 
primary care setting to prevent, treat, and control 
obesity. 
(4) The effectiveness of the assessment of obe-
sity by a primary care physician and subsequent re-
ferral for obesity counseling to a nonaffiliated obe-
sity expert or specialist. 
SEC. 702. INCORPORATION OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTO 
FEDERAL PROGRAMS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, in collaborate with the Secretary of Education 
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention, shall enter into a contract with the Institute of 
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Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences for the con-
duct of a study to examine and make recommendations 
concerning the various means that could be employed to 
incorporate physical activity into Head Start and childcare 
settings, elementary, middle and high school settings, and 
before- and after-school programs. The Institute of Medi-
cine shall submit to Congress a report concerning the re-
sults of such study. 
(b) CLASSIFICATION.—The Commissioner of Food 
and Drugs shall conduct a review of the classification of 
sodium and partially hydrogenated oil as a Generally Rec-
ognized as Safe (GRAS) ingredient based on new scientific 
developments. 
(c) REDUCING SODIUM INTAKE.—The Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall enter into a contract 
with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy 
of Sciences for the conduct of a study and the development 
of recommendations on various means that could be em-
ployed to reduce dietary sodium intake to recommended 
levels and food reformulation approaches. 
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