The Strategic Plan lays a bold framework to help answer important nutrition research questions over the next 10 years.
The seemingly simple question “What should I eat to be healthy?” is not simple at all, nor is it the same for people of different ages or sizes, nor across food environments and microbiomes.
The NIH recently published its first Strategic Plan for NIH Nutrition Research to help answer this question and many others related to nutrition and diseases linked to poor diet. The plan emphasizes innovative opportunities to advance nutrition research. From basic science to experimental design to research training, these opportunities will complement and enhance ongoing research efforts across NIH to improve health and to prevent or combat diseases and conditions affected by nutrition. Read more