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PUBLIC LAW 95-626—NOV. 10, 1978

,..f t-vKiW prevalence, incidence, and any trends in the preventable causes of death and disability in the United States. Such profile shall include at a minimum— (1) mortality rates for preventable diseases; (2) morbidity rates associated with preventable diseases; -i^n (3) the physical determinants of health of the population of the United States and the relationship between these determinants of health and the incidence and prevalence of preventable causes of death and disability; and (4) the behavioral determinants of health of the population of the United States including, but not limited to, smoking, nutritional and dietary habits, exercise, and alcohol consumption, and hm. the relationship between these determinants of health and the incidence and prevalence of preventable causes of death and disability, (b) In preparing the profile required by subsection (a), the Secretary, acting through the National Center for Health Statistics, shall 42 USC 244-k, comply with all relevant provisions of sections 306 and 308 of the 242m. Public Health Service Act. TITLE V—OFFICE O F PHYSICAL F I T N E S S AND SPORTS MEDICINE ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE

SEC. 501. Section 1706 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 3000-3005) is amended to read as follows: "OFFICE OF HEALTH INFORMATION, HEALTH PROMOTION AND PHYSICAL FITNESS AND SPORTS MEDICINE

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"SEC. 1706. (a) The Secretary shall establish within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health an Office of Health Information, Health Promotion and Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine which shall— Am. "(1) coordinate all activities within the Department which relate to health information and health promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of health care; "(2) coordinate its activities with similar activities of organizations in the private sector; " (3) establish a national information clearinghouse to facilitate the exchange of information concerning matters relating to health information and health promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of health care, to facilitate access to such information, and to assist in the analysis of issues and problems relating to such matters; and "(4) support projects, conduct research, and disseminate information in the areas of physical fitness and sports medicine. "(b) The Office shall also— "(1) assist, and foster research, investigations, and model proj," ects on the nature of physical fitness, the development of physical fitness, and the relation of physical fitness to health; "(2) assist, and foster research and investigations into the utilization of sports medicine, the development of sports medicine

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