The Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall continue to provide jointly for national nutrition monitoring and related research activities carried out as of the date of enactment of this Act-
(1) to collect continuous dietary, health, physical activity, and diet and health knowledge data on a nationally representative sample;
(2) to periodically collect data on special at-risk populations, as identified by the Secretaries;
(3) to distribute information on health, nutrition, the environment, and physical activity to the public in a timely fashion;
(4) to analyze new data that becomes available;
(5) to continuously update food composition tables; and
(6) to research and develop data collection methods and standards.
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The date of enactment of this Act, referred to in text, is the date of enactment of
Section was enacted as part of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, and not as part of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 which comprises this chapter.
Enactment of this section and repeal of
Section effective Oct. 1, 2008, see section 4407 of
"Secretary" as meaning the Secretary of Agriculture, see section 8701 of this title.