Precision Nutrition
Precision nutrition research identifies how diet differentially affects individuals and population subgroups to reduce the risk of chronic disease and promote health equity.
IHA Precision Nutrition research focuses on three key areas:
- Precise measures of dietary intake, chrononutrition, lifestyle, genetic/epigenetics, microbiome
- Biomarkers, sensors, wearables, metabolomics and other technologies must be developed to characterize the dietary exposome
- Machine learning, AI, and data science to integrate and optimize multi-level data from various sources to characterize the exposome
Recent Studies
Journal of Nutrition: Sex Differences Across the Life Course: A Focus On Unique Nutritional and Health Considerations among Women
Muddy water: Additional observational data cannot aid in determining whether there is a physiological interaction between low vitamin B12 and high folate in cognitive health
Leadership
Regan Bailey, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D.
IHA Co-Director
Project title: Nutrients and Food Components in National Dietary Surveillance – WWEIA.
Associate Members
The following researchers are IHA Associate Members who have active Precision Nutrition projects underway:
Nutrition
Project title: Ghrelin – A Unique Biomarker for Nutritional State and Inflamm-Aging.
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Project title: Raman-Based Sensing of Human and Plant Health.
Vegetable & Fruit Improvement Center
Project title: Green N-Carbon Dots to Develop Climate Resilient Tomatoes with Enhanced Health Promoting Bioactive Compounds.
Entomology
Project title: Edible Insects and Health.
Food Science & Technology
Project title: Prediction of Microbiota-Dependent Effects of Fine-Scale Food Composition on Human Health Using Big Data and AI/ML Approaches.
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Project title: Human Milk Oligosaccharides in Gut Health.
Nutrition
Scientific Advisory Board Member
Project title: Precision Nutrition Research in Adolescent Females.