Location: Nutrition, Food Safety/Quality
Project Number: 0500-00087-001-003-G
Project Type: Grant
Start Date: Sep 30, 2024
End Date: Sep 29, 2027
Objective:
Establish the Phase 2 Standing Committee on Evidence Synthesis and Communications in Diet and Chronic Disease Relationships. The committee will advise sponsors on issues related to the quality and rigor of methodological approaches to evidence synthesis on diet-disease relationships and risk of chronic disease. Topics will include, but not be limited to research designs; use of data analytics and modeling applications in nutrition research; communicating uncertainties in methodologies and outcomes related to nutrition research; validation of modeling approaches and observational data to assure data quality; and the role of new technologies and approaches, including application of predictive methodologies and artificial intelligence to monitor long-term health responses to food.
Approach:
A standing committee of approximately 8–10 members will be formed to monitor the current literature and identify emerging issues related to advancing the strength and rigor of scientific evidence in nutrition research on chronic disease risk; including effective communication of scientific evidence to the public. The committee will engage in discussions with sponsors about the state of the science on topics focusing on diet and chronic disease relationships that include, but are not limited to:
1. Research designs, including use of data analytics, modeling, other predictive methodologies and their validation, and evidence synthesis approaches that address the variability in response to diet in nutrition-diet-chronic disease relationships;
2. Research design and evidence synthesis approaches that advance the strength of scientific evidence on causal relationships between diet and chronic disease;
3. Communication of benefit, risk, and uncertainty in health research to the public to inform decision-making about diet to reduce risk of chronic disease; and
4. Harmonizing approaches around dietary guidance for chronic disease prevention or risk reduction across stakeholder organizations and institutions.
