NIH Launches “All of Us” Precision Nutrition Research Initiative
NIH’s Nutrition for Precision Health initiative will recruit 10,000 Americans to gain insights into how individuals respond differently to food.
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By - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched its Nutrition for Precision Health, powered by the All of Us Research Program (NPH), a national initiative to learn how biological differences influence how people respond to food and dietary patterns, according to a press release shared with HealthITAnalytics.
NPH aims to enroll 10,000 participants with various backgrounds from 14 sites across the US. Data from these participants, who must be 18 years of age and enrolled in the All of Us Research Program, will then be analyzed using artificial intelligence (AI) approaches to help develop models that can predict an individual's response to certain foods or eating patterns. Such models have the potential to support personalized nutritional guidance from clinicians.
“Poor diet is one of the leading causes of preventable disease and death around the world. If everyone followed the healthy eating guidelines that we have available now, we still may not achieve optimal health because our bodies respond differently to food,” said Holly Nicastro, PhD, coordinator of NPH, in the press release. “Through this study, we are looking to better understand differences in individual responses and pave the way for more tailored guidelines in the future.”
