---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 3020e"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "3020e"
heading: "Nutrition education"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/3020e"
units:
  - "Chapter 35 — Programs for Older Americans"
  - "Subchapter II — Administration on Aging"
---

# §3020e. Nutrition education


The [Assistant Secretary](/usc/42/3002.md?p=7), in consultation with the [Secretary](/usc/42/3002.md?p=46) of Agriculture, shall conduct outreach and provide technical assistance to [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) and organizations that serve [older individuals](/usc/42/3002.md?p=40) to assist such [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) and organizations to carry out integrated health promotion and disease prevention [programs](/usc/42/3056p.md?p=a-7) that—

- (1) are designed for [older individuals](/usc/42/3002.md?p=40); and
- (2) include—
  - (A) nutrition education;
  - (B) physical activity; and
  - (C) other activities to modify behavior and to improve health literacy, including providing information on optimal nutrient intake, through nutrition education and nutrition assessment and counseling, in accordance with [section 3030g–21(2)(J) of this title](/usc/42/3030g–21.md?p=2-J).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–73, title II, § 214, as added Pub. L. 102–375, title II, § 209, Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1215; amended Pub. L. 103–171, § 3(a)(13), Dec. 2, 1993, 107 Stat. 1990; Pub. L. 106–501, title VIII, § 801(b)(5), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2292; Pub. L. 109–365, title II, § 208, Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2537.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2006—Pub. L. 109–365 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Assistant Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture may provide technical assistance and appropriate material to agencies carrying out nutrition education programs in accordance with section 3030g–21(2)(J) of this title.”

2000—Pub. L. 106–501 substituted “3030g–21(2)(J)” for “3027(a)(13)(J)”.

1993—Pub. L. 103–171 substituted “Assistant Secretary” for “Commissioner”.