The Nutrition for Gut Health Committee advances and communicates the scientific understanding of the impact of diet and dietary constituents on gut and host health.
(This Committee represents the evolution of the Gut Microbiome Committee.)
Strategic Focus Area
- Advance shared definitions and approaches to measurement of gut health and gut microbiome across stakeholders.
- Evaluate and advance the evidence for nutrition support of optimal gut and host health.
- Communicate the evidence that underpins how diets and dietary constituents impact measures of gut health and other systems influenced by gut physiology.
- Through the Live Dietary Microbes Subcommittee, gather, develop, and drive science- and evidence-based decisions on dietary recommendations for live microbes (learn more here). See news story about the promise of research on dietary microbes for health.
Current Work
This committee has various work underway:
Webinar Series
The Committee has initiated a webinar series to help guide the committee’s research and projects.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Abbott Nutrition
General Mills
Mondelēz International
National Dairy Council
ACADEMIC ADVISORS
Marla Cunningham, MS, ISAPP
Wendy A. Henderson, PhD, CRNP, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
Johanna Lampe, PhD, RD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Gary D. Wu, MD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
GOVERNMENT ADVISORS
Cindy Davis, PhD, USDA, ARS
Lauren VieBrock, PhD, US FDA
William Yan, PhD, Health Canada (Retired)
Projects Supported by the Committee:
Publications
Publication Date
All Publications
An Overview of Current Knowledge of the Gut Microbiota and Low-Calorie Sweeteners
Nutrition Today, 2021
Read more about An Overview of Current Knowledge of the Gut Microbiota and Low-Calorie Sweeteners
Workshop Report: Toward the Development of a Human Whole Stool Reference Material for Metabolomic and Metagenomic Gut Microbiome Measurements
Metabolomics, 2020
This report represents the consensus opinions of workshop participants on developing general criteria for metabolite selection and a preliminary list of proposed metabolites. The paper describes some of the strengths and limitations of this initiative given the current state of gut microbiome research.
Establishing What Constitutes a Healthy Human Gut Microbiome: State of the Science, Regulatory Considerations, and Future Directions
The Journal of Nutrition, 2019
IAFNS previously took on the task of defining a “healthy gut microbiome,” and the outcome of this effort was published by Backhed et al. in 2012. Since that time, the body of work on gut microbiome has grown exponentially. In 2018, >40 invited academic, government, and industry experts gathered to evaluate progress toward this definition and explore the question: Can a Healthy Gut Microbiome be Defined Through Quantifiable Characteristics?
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Events
Upcoming Events
IAFNS at NUTRITION 2024
June 29, 2024 – July 2, 2024
Chicago, IL
IAFNS will present at the American Society for Nutrition Annual Meeting — NUTRITION 2024 — showcasing new work on funded projects.
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-- showcasing new work on funded projects.
For more information on the NUTRITION 2024 conference, click here.
Meeting site: https://nutrition.org/n24/
Registration site: https://www.mcievents.com/nutrition2024/ Emerging Technology for Improved Diet and Microbiome Analysis ExpandMonday, July 1, from 4:00-5:30 p.m. Central Time
In partnership with the Nutritional Microbiology GEM.
Human research examining how diet and gut microbiome interactions influence health is underway globally in the form of large-scale cohort studies as well as smaller dietary interventions. Researchers working to identify new diet-gut microbe relationships face a lack of resolution and a high degree of variability in both dietary and microbial data.
New tools for dietary data collection, and gut microbiota analysis are rapidly being developed and existing tools adapted to help address these issues. As this field rapidly moves forward, we need to understand how to best apply new methods across varied study groups to obtain the most accurate and precise results possible.
By convening speakers with expertise in diet assessment, gut microbiology, and computational biology this symposium will address how novel methods in diet assessment, microbiology and machine learning/AI are being applied to advance understanding of diet-microbiome interactions in health and disease.
Supported by: IAFNS Nutrition for Gut Health Committee
Intake of Live Dietary Microbes and Its Relation to Health Indicators in Koreans (Protocol) Expand
Poster Number: 1758539
Presenters:
Mei Chung, Tufts University
Naisi Zhao, Tufts University
Supported by: IAFNS Nutrition for Gut Health Committee
For more information, see here.
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For more information on the NUTRITION 2024 conference, click here.
Meeting site: https://nutrition.org/n24/
Registration site: https://www.mcievents.com/nutrition2024/ Emerging Technology for Improved Diet and Microbiome Analysis ExpandMonday, July 1, from 4:00-5:30 p.m. Central Time
In partnership with the Nutritional Microbiology GEM.
Human research examining how diet and gut microbiome interactions influence health is underway globally in the form of large-scale cohort studies as well as smaller dietary interventions. Researchers working to identify new diet-gut microbe relationships face a lack of resolution and a high degree of variability in both dietary and microbial data.
New tools for dietary data collection, and gut microbiota analysis are rapidly being developed and existing tools adapted to help address these issues. As this field rapidly moves forward, we need to understand how to best apply new methods across varied study groups to obtain the most accurate and precise results possible.
By convening speakers with expertise in diet assessment, gut microbiology, and computational biology this symposium will address how novel methods in diet assessment, microbiology and machine learning/AI are being applied to advance understanding of diet-microbiome interactions in health and disease.
Supported by: IAFNS Nutrition for Gut Health Committee
Intake of Live Dietary Microbes and Its Relation to Health Indicators in Koreans (Protocol) Expand
Poster Number: 1758539
Presenters:
Mei Chung, Tufts University
Naisi Zhao, Tufts University
Supported by: IAFNS Nutrition for Gut Health Committee
For more information, see here.
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