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Nutrition Coordinating Committee
Nutrition is a "major priority area" within DHHS. As such, the NCC was established by the NIH Office of the Director in 1975 to improve inter-organization communication and research coordination of nutrition activities within the NIH. The mandate of the NCC is to review, stimulate, and encourage the necessary support of nutrition research and training and to define the role of nutrition in health promotion and disease prevention and management.
NCC membership includes a representative and alternate from the 20 NIH Institutes and 7 Centers. In addition, offices and agencies within the DHHS, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Department of Defense (DOD) have also appointed liaison representatives to the Committee.
The NCC meets monthly to provide an open forum for members to report on current and future nutrition research, policy activities, and research funding and training opportunities. NCC meetings are chaired by the DNRC Director or Deputy Director, and DNRC staff coordinates the meeting agendas and follow-up activities and announcements. Scientific seminars and discussions are featured during the NCC meetings as a means of disseminating information on timely nutrition research, diet and health guidance, nutrition and health policy, and program activities to NCC members.
- Member List
- Meeting Minutes
- Nutrition Education Subcommittee
- The Probiotic and Prebiotic Working Group (PPWG)
This page last reviewed: October 21, 2010
