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Research Project: Personalized Nutrition and Healthy Aging

Location: Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center On Aging

Title: Toward the definition of personalized nutrition: A proposal by the American Nutrition Association

Author
item BUSH, CORINNE - American Nutrition Association
item BLUMBERG, JEFFREY - American Nutrition Association
item EL-SOHEMY, AHMED - American Nutrition Association
item MINICH, DEANNA - American Nutrition Association
item ORDOVAS, JOSE - Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center On Aging At Tufts University
item REED, DANA - American Nutrition Association
item YUNEZ BEHM, VICTORIA - American Nutrition Association

Submitted to: Journal of the American College of Nutrition
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/4/2019
Publication Date: 12/19/2019
Citation: Bush, C.L., Blumberg, J.B., El-Sohemy, A., Minich, D.M., Ordovas, J.M., Reed, D.G., Yunez Behm, V.A. 2019. Toward the definition of personalized nutrition: A proposal by the American Nutrition Association. Journal of the American College of Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1080/07315724.2019.1685332.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07315724.2019.1685332

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Personalized nutrition holds tremendous potential to improve human health. Despite exponential growth, the field has yet to be clearly delineated and a consensus definition of the term "personalized nutrition" (PN) has not been developed. Defining and delineating the field will foster standardization and scalability in research, data, training, products, services, and clinical practice; and assist in driving favorable policy. Building on the seminal work of pioneering thought leaders across disciplines, we propose that personalized nutrition be defined as: a field that leverages human individuality to drive nutrition strategies that prevent, manage, and treat disease and optimize health, and be delineated by three synergistic elements: PN science and data, PN professional education and training, and PN guidance and therapeutics. Herein we describe the application of PN in these areas and discuss challenges and solutions that the field faces as it evolves. This and future work will contribute to the continued refinement and growth of the field of PN.