title: Nutrition and food concerns of long-term space travel: recommendations for research.
abstract: In order to establish a research agenda for nutrition and food concerns associated with long-duration space travel, a conference was sponsored by the New Jersey-NASA Specialized Center of Research & Training (NJ-NSCORT), NASA, and the University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel & Restaurant Management. Invited papers were presented and are published in this special issue. Following intensive panel discussions and workshops the participants developed recommendations for a research agenda. The recommendations are listed in this introductory article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Sciences, NJ-NASA Specialized Center of Research & Training, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8525, USA.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Sherman
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Vodovotz
mesh_terms: D005524:Food Technology; D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D009515:New Jersey; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D012106:Research; D013026:Space Flight; D013781:Texas; D014481:United States; D018557:United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration; D014495:Universities; D014893:Weightlessness