A virtual workshop titled Challenges and Opportunities for Precision and Personalized Nutrition, held August 10–12, 2021, was convened by the Food Forum of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The workshop's objective was to explore potential challenges and opportunities in the application of precision and personalized nutrition approaches to optimize dietary guidance and improve nutritional status. This publication summarizes the presentation and discussion of the workshop.

Contents

• The National Academies of SCIENCES • ENGINEERING • MEDICINE
• PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR A WORKSHOP ON CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRECISION AND PERSONALIZED NUTRITION
• FOOD FORUM (AS OF AUGUST 2021)
• Reviewers
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Current Evidence Base and Limitations
  • HUMAN VARIABILITY: A BASIS FOR PRECISION AND PERSONALIZED NUTRITION
  • PRECISION NUTRITION AT THE INTERSECTION OF HISTORY AND GENOMICS
  • INTEGRATING MICROBIOME AND DIETARY DATA
  • AN ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE ON OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES IN PRECISION NUTRITION
  • PSYCHOSOCIAL INFLUENCES ON EATING BEHAVIOR
  • INTEGRATION OF MULTIPLE OMICS
  • PANEL DISCUSSION
• 3. Innovative Methodologies and Technologies
  • INDUSTRY LANDSCAPE IN PERSONALIZED NUTRITION
  • THE GENETIC SCALE
  • THE PHYSIOLOGICAL/MICROBIOME SCALE
  • THE INDIVIDUAL SCALE
  • THE SOCIAL-ECOLOGIC SCALE
  • PANEL DISCUSSION
• 4. Implementation of Precision and Personalized Nutrition
  • WILL PRECISION NUTRITION HELP IN ACHIEVING GREATER HEALTH EQUITY?
  • CHALLENGES TO IMPLEMENTING PRECISION NUTRITION
  • REGULATORY CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRECISION NUTRITION
  • LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT COMMERCIALIZING PERSONALIZED NUTRITION
  • COMMUNICATING THE BENEFITS OF PERSONALIZED NUTRITION SOLUTIONS TO CONSUMERS
  • INCORPORATING PRECISION NUTRITION INTO FOOD-BASED AND NUTRIENT-BASED GUIDELINES
  • PANEL DISCUSSION
• REFERENCES
• Appendix A. Workshop Agenda
• Appendix B. Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Appendix C. Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers, Moderators, and Planning Committee Members

Suggested citation:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Challenges and opportunities for precision and personalized nutrition: Proceedings of a workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26299.

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.17226/26299

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