title: Nutrition recommendations and science: next parallel steps.
abstract: This article examines nutrition recommendations in relation to developments in nutrition science. Combining data on the genome, metabolome and microbiota is likely to open possibilities for personalized nutrition planning, but we are still far from practical applications. However, even these new steps are unlikely to challenge the role and importance of population-based nutrition recommendations as a tool to promote dietary patterns, policies and public health. Developments in science could help in deriving more benefits from nutrition recommendations. For instance, improved accuracy of dietary intake assessment is needed both for surveillance and for understanding the quantitative interplay between diet and health. Applying metabolomics together with food diaries or questionnaires, and also modern technologies such as digital photography, are potentially interesting methods in this respect. Research on consumer behaviour, attitudes and policy interventions, such as taxation of unhealthy foods and nutrition labelling, are needed to gain more insight into how to change eating behaviour for better health at the population level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Environmental Sciences, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Mikael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fogelholm
mesh_terms: D014943:Global Health; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000639:trends*; D064167:Recommended Dietary Allowances
keywords: dietary guidelines; food policy; nutrients; personalized nutrition; taxation, nutrient labelling