---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 280h–2"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "280h–2"
heading: "Education campaign"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/280h-2"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter II — General Powers and Duties"
  - "Part Q — Programs To Improve the Health of Children"
---

# §280h–2. Education campaign

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c), acting through the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and in collaboration with national, [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f), and local partners, physical activity organizations, nutrition experts, and health professional organizations, shall develop a national public campaign to promote and educate children and their parents concerning—
  - (1) the health risks associated with obesity, inactivity, and poor nutrition;
  - (2) ways in which to incorporate physical activity into daily living; and
  - (3) the benefits of good nutrition and strategies to improve eating habits.
- (b) **Authorization of appropriations—** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 399Y, as added Pub. L. 106–310, div. A, title XXIV, § 2401, Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1160.)