| Our city is spraying for mosquito in wider and wider ranges because of the West Nile outbreaks. Each year there are fewer populations of pollinators and predators. Not only would I like to see research that explores possible disturbance in the insect/plant relationships, but also explores the effects of potential ... |
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| The International Formula Council (IFC) agrees that human nutrition and agricultural production systems are closely linked. One area that will be particularly important to consider for this research is the area of biotechnology. |
| The International Formula Council (IFC) agrees that it is important to have a strong evidence-base for dietary guidance. Furthermore, we note that there are particular sub-groups where the scientific data needs to be significantly strengthened, including prenatal women, infants and young children, the elderly, and those with chronic disease who ... |
| The International Formula Council (IFC) believes that understanding the nutritional etiology (including behavioral and biologic causes) of obesity and obesity related diseases is the key to developing a public health framework that will better help prevent and treat these preventable diseases. Research is particularly needed among high-risk groups, including minority ... |
| The International Formula Council (IFC) believes that nutritional programming is an important and emerging area of nutrition science. Further research is needed to better define how prenatal nutrition and early infant feeding (including all methods of feeding, i.e. breastfeeding , supplemental feeding, infant formula feeding, and the feeding of complimentary ... |
| The International Formula Council (IFC) agrees this is an important research priority. Of particular importance are surveys that provide adequate data to monitor the nutrition of at-risk groups: infants, young children, pre/post partum women, the elderly, those with chronic disease, and minority populations. |
| The EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs makes extensive use of USDA's "What We Eat in America" (NHANES/WWEIA) in our risk assessments for pesticides, and these form an integral part of our work in ensuring a safe food supply. The information of foods "as eaten" collected under NHANES/WWEIA is converted to ... |
| The relationship between human nutrition and agricultural production is multidimensional. Nutrition is a fundamental human need that affects health and well-being across the life-span, and it is well recognized that balanced nutrient and calorie intakes form the basis of a healthy diet (1). Agricultural production is part of a larger ... |
| National nutrition monitoring programs are invaluable as a common information base for food composition data and information on consumption patterns and nutrient intakes of Americans. With the collective goal of helping Americans achieve better quality diets and health, these datasets are widely used across government programs, in nutrition and health ... |
| Sarcopenia, or the loss of muscle mass with aging, is a significant public health concern, with some estimating as much as a 1% loss of lean mass per year after the age of 30 years (1,2). Loss of muscle mass and associated declines in strength and mobility may not only ... |
| The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends consuming less than 10% of total calories from saturated fat, due primarily to saturated fat’s role in increasing LDL cholesterol and thus increasing the risk for cardiovascular disease. However, recent research has called into to question the role saturated fat intake make have on ... |
| Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes are major public health concerns. Nearly one-third of American adults have some form of CVD (1) while approximately 11% of adults have diabetes (2). Together these diseases account for over $600 billion annually in health care costs in the United States (3,4). Thus, ... |
| Develop/adopt standardizing analytical methodology for red meat and other commodities to allow of a more accurate comparison of eating patterns/diets for a global assessment. This will create uniform data sets for use and allow global data to be utilized more accurately. Fundamentally critical in today's global nutritional analysis. |
| Use risk/benefit analysis as scientific basis for dietary guidance. Too often, the potential negative health impacts of specific foods or nutrients are emphasized while any potential positive health effects are not afforded equal consideration. |
| Need to leverage expertise across USDA to identify research gaps and execute research that adds to evidence base for Dietary Guidance. The USDA should be involved in helping establish the research gaps addressed by the Dietary Guidelines and conducting research to advance and evaluate the recommended Dietary Guidelines for Americans. ... |
| Need to better understand nutrient intakes at younger and older ages and what health affect there is as nutrient intake levels may change, therefore making it difficult to meet nutrient requirements. There is evidence that nutrient intake is critical in the older population where food intake declines making it harder ... |
| There is evidence that a higher protein diet is beneficial at younger ages for improved cognitive function. A better understanding is also needed to determine if similar evidence exists for the aging population. This is extremely important in the role of breakfast has in K-12 students and those populations that ... |
| New research suggests that higher protein diets for older individuals may improve muscle health. The impact on reducing healthcare costs (in terms of falls, etc), particularly with a rise in this demographic predicted over the next few years may be significant. Need to determine what role protein plays in the ... |
| Conducting research to better assess the protein needs for weight management or for maximizing body composition throughout the lifecycle is a critical area of research that should be addressed. Current protein recommendations are based on the minimum requirement to prevent protein deficiency via nitrogen balance studies, however with the obesity ... |
