National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Review of Evidence on Alcohol and Health, Katrina Baum Stone, Bruce N. Calonge
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, Roundtable on Obesity Solutions, Anna Nicholson
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Protein Quality and Growth Monitoring Studies to Satisfy Quality Factor Requirements for Infant Form
Formula is often the sole source of nutrition for many infants, making its safety and quality particularly critical. While most food laws and regulations apply to infant formulas, they are also subject to additional requirements and manufacturer reg...Loe edasi...
Changes to the landscape of food safety threats, and the introduction of new regulations to address these concerns increasingly have nutrition, economic, and equity implications. In September 2024, the National Academies Food Forum hosted a public w...Loe edasi...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Review of Evidence on Alcohol and Health, Katrina Baum Stone, Bruce N. Calonge
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), which serves as the primary source of dietary guidance from the federal government, provides recommendations for dietary intake and healthful dietary patterns - including alcohol intake. DGA recommendation...Loe edasi...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, Roundtable on Obesity Solutions, Erin Hammers Forstag
In July 2024, the National Academies Roundtable on Obesity Solutions hosted a symposium to honor its 10th anniversary and discuss its next decade. Speakers considered the Roundtables history of informing obesity research, policy, and practice. The...Loe edasi...
The National Academies Food and Nutrition Board hosted a public workshop in May 2024 to explore the challenges and successes of bidirectional communication between producers of food and consumers about food sources, production, and composition. Spea...Loe edasi...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, Standing Committee for the Review of the Dietary Reference Intake Framework
The Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) are integral to dietary recommendations across federal food and nutrition programs and serve as a resource for developing food and nutrition policies and regulations as well as development of national dietary gui...Loe edasi...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Challenges in Supply, Market Competition, and Regulation of Infant Formula in the United States
Infant formula is a primary or supplementary source of nutrition for many infants in the U.S. Consequently, disruptions to the supply of infant formula can have a severe impact on infants health and well-being. In late 2021 and early 2022, a recall...Loe edasi...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, Roundtable on Obesity Solutions, Anna Nicholson
The National Academies Roundtable on Obesity Solutions hosted a public workshop in March 2024 to explore the current understanding of pharmacotherapy for overweight or obesity, the effects of medications intended for obesity and obesity-related como...Loe edasi...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Food and Nutrition Board, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Committee on Exploring Linka
The United States is an important food producer globally, in part because of its abundance of agriculturally productive soils. However, management practices that maximize yields have caused losses in soil organic matter, poor soil structure and wate...Loe edasi...
The National Academies Food Forum celebrated its 30th anniversary in November 2023 with a symposium reflecting on its contributions and developments in the field of nutrition, food, and agriculture. Discussions covered the history of the Food Forum...Loe edasi...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on the Role of Seafood Consumption on Child Growth and Development
Seafood--including marine and freshwater fish, mollusks, and crustaceans--is a healthy food choice, but it can also contain contaminants. It is currently unclear how much seafood children or pregnant and lactating women are consuming, and what impac...Loe edasi...
Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL) are promising tools that can be used to develop algorithms to better understand and predict interactions between food- and nutrition-related data and health outcomes. Unders...Loe edasi...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, Marian Flaxman, Melissa Maitin-Shepard
The Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a virtual workshop series that gathered researchers, government officials, and other global leaders in nutrition research and policy. The event, s...Loe edasi...
The National Academies Food Forum hosted a public workshop in August 2023 that explored the state of the science on the linkages between dietary patterns and diet-related chronic disease across the lifespan. Workshop presenters looked at dietary ass...Loe edasi...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, Roundtable on Obesity Solutions, Amanda Berhaupt
The National Academies Roundtable on Obesity Solutions hosted a public workshop series in April and June 2023 that explored the current science on measures of body composition and body fat distribution. Discussions focused on the strengths and limit...Loe edasi...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Complementary Feeding Interventions for Infants and Young Children Under Age 2, Katherine M. Delaney, David A. Savit
Complementary feeding refers to the introduction of foods other than human milk or formula to an infants diet. In response to a request from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Academies Health and Medicine Division convene...Loe edasi...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, Roundtable on Obesity Solutions, Emily A. Callahan
The National Academies Roundtable on Obesity Solutions hosted an April, July, and October, 2022 workshop series to explore the gaps in knowledge within the foundational drivers of obesity. Facilitating action will require improved health communicati...Loe edasi...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, Standing Committee for the Review of the Dietary Reference Intake Framework
In response to a request from the US Department of Agriculture, the Health and Medicine Division (HMD) of the National Academies established the Standing Committee to Review the Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) Framework. The committee was asked to re...Loe edasi...
Alternative protein sources, which can be derived from plant and animal cells or created by precision fermentation, can have health, environmental, socio-economic, and ethical impacts. With a variety of types of alternative proteins being developed...Loe edasi...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy
The Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) are a set of reference values that encompass a safe range of intake and provide recommended nutrient intakes for the United States and Canada. The DRIs for energy are used widely to provide guidance for maintaini...Loe edasi...
