The Cognitive Health Committee explores how foods, nutrients, diets and bioactive food components support optimization and maintenance of cognitive performance.
With a focus on health promotion, the Cognitive Health Committee advances translational nutrition research - prioritizing real world cognitive health outcomes with meaningful impact on quality of life from adolescence through older age.
Read about our February 2024 Stakeholder Roundtable.
The specific goals of the Committee are to:
- Build the evidence required to fill data gaps in support of dietary recommendations or guidance related to how diet and nutrition can promote optimized cognitive health
- Promote and/or develop research guidance and best practices, with clarity on limitations – both for research conduct and for research interpretation
Why is this important?
Neurocognitive health is central to quality of life. However, dietary guidance and food development that support the optimal brain in “generally healthy” populations is limited. The 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee explored neurocognitive health through several systematic reviews and was faced with a literature having “considerable variation in testing methods, inconsistent validity and reliability of cognitive testing methods, and differences between dietary patterns and cognitive outcomes examined,” reducing the ability to draw conclusions.
Understanding how foods, nutrients, diets and bioactive food components support optimization and maintenance of cognitive performance has potential for significant societal and public health benefit.
Overarching Themes to be Addressed:
- Advancing research methods that prioritize outcome measures with real-world impact
- Advancing research approaches emphasizing causal pathways linking diet with cognitive health
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Balchem
Cargill
Florida Department of Citrus
General Mills, Inc.
Haleon
Kraft Heinz
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
Reckitt Benckiser
ACADEMIC ADVISORS
Emily Ho, PhD, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Maryam Makowski, PhD, Stanford University
Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RD, University of Iowa
Hayley Young, PhD, Swansea University
GOVERNMENT ADVISOR
Cindy Davis, PhD, USDA, ARS
Projects Supported by the Committee:
Publications
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Events
Optimizing Cognitive Function with Foods, Nutrients, and Dietary Patterns: The Science and the Translation
August 8, 2023
Virtual, Event
IAFNS at NUTRITION 2023
July 22, 2023 – July 25, 2023
Boston, MA
Join IAFNS at the American Society for Nutrition Annual meeting in Boston – NUTRITION 2023 – to learn about some of our funded research projects.
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Are We Ready? Resilience as a Biomarker for a "Healthy" Gut Microbiome ExpandMonday, July 24, 2023
2:00-3:30 pm ET
In partnership with the Nutritional Microbiology GEM and the International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics
Chair: J. Phil Karl, PhD, RD, USARIEM
Speakers:
Curtis Huttenhower, PhD
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Abigail Johnson, PhD, RD
School of Public Health
University of Minnesota Jotham Suez, PhD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthSupported by: IAFNS Gut Microbiome Committee
It's Time to Quantify Intake Recommendations for Dietary Bioactives ExpandSunday, July 23, 2023
8:00-9:30 a.m. E.T.
In partnership with the Research Interest Section on Bioactives
Chairs:
Johanna Dwyer, DSc, RD
Tufts University School of Medicine Charlene Van Buiten, PhD
Food Science and Human Nutrition
Colorado State University Speakers:
It is time to translate research evidence into quantified dietary bioactive intakes
John Erdman, Jr., PhD
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Flavan-3-ols evidence translated into a quantified guideline
Gunter Kuhnle, PhD
University of Reading
Reading, England, United Kingdom It's time to quantify lutein intakes to support normal vision
Paul Bernstein, MD, PhD
University of Utah It's time to quantify omega-3 intakes to support normal pregnancy term
Susan Carlson, PhD
University of Kansas Medical Center Panel on next steps to communicate recommended intakes through health care providers.
Speakers and Julie Poteet, OD MS CNS FONS, Ocular Wellness and Nutrition SocietyA collaboration with the IAFNS Lipids Committee and Bioactives Committee
For more information, see here.
USDA Global Branded Food Products Database Part of session: "Public Data Sharing - New Norms, Current State of Affairs, and Best Practices Going Forward" ExpandTuesday, July 25, 2023
8:30-9:30 a.m. E.T.
Supported by: USDA Global Branded Food Products Database Partners
Presenters:
Kyle McKillop, MS, USDA-ARS
Alanna Moshfegh, MS, RD, USDA-ARS
For more information, see here.
Sodium Contributions of Categories of Food Obtained from Restaurants and Stores, Estimated by Considering Foods in Their As-Eaten Form: NHANES, 2009-2018 ExpandPoster Number: P14-041-23
Sunday, July 23, 2023
12:45-1:45 p.m. E.T.
Presenters:
Debra R. Keast, PhD, Food and Nutrition Database Research
Patricia Guenther, PhD, RD, Guenther Consulting
Supported by: IAFNS Sodium Committee
For more information, see here.
The Broader Dietary Value and Consequences of Top Food Categories of Sodium Intake ExpandPoster Number: P24-001-23
Monday, July 24, 2023
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. E.T.
Presenter: Mavra Ahmed, PhD, University of Toronto
Co-authors:
Anthea Christoforou, PhD
University of Toronto Mary R. L'Abbe, PhD
University of Toronto Christine Mulligan, BSc
University of Toronto Alena P. Ng, Msc.
University of TorontoSupported by: IAFNS Sodium Committee
For more information, see here.
An Overview of Reviews on the Association of Low-Calorie Sweetener Consumption With Body Weight and Adiposity ExpandPoster Number: P31-025-23
Monday, July 24, 2023
12:45-1:45 p.m. E.T.
Presenter: Kelly Higgins, PhD, MPH, USDA ARS
Co-authors:
Rita Rawal, PhD, RD
USDA-ARS Matthew Kramer
USDA-ARS (retired) David J. Baer, PhD
USDA-ARS David Klurfeld, PhD
Indiana University,
School of Public Health-BloomingtonSupported by: IAFNS Low- and No-Calorie Sweetener Committee.
For more information, see here.
Low-Carbohydrate Dietary Patterns are Associated with Beneficial Long-term Changes in Systemic Markers of Inflammation in the Framingham Offspring Cohort Expand
Poster Number: P29-002-23
Monday, July 24, 2023
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. E.T.
Presenter: Ghaida Aloraini, Tufts University
Co-authors:
Nicola M. McKeown, PhD
Boston University Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc
JM USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University Sai Krupa K. Das, PhD
JM USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University Paul F. Jacques, DSc
Tufts UniversitySupported by: IAFNS Lipids Committee
For more information, see here.
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