Activity

Nutritional Risk Assessment: Bridging Perspectives, Sharing Methodologies, Identifying Data Challenges

Type:

Stand Alone Workshop

Topic(s):

Biomedical and Health Research, Children and Families, Diseases, Food and Nutrition

Board(s):

Food and Nutrition Board

Activity Description

The Institute of Medicine's Food Forum held a 2-day workshop jointly supported by the Interagency Risk Assessment Consortium (IRAC), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) to explore current and potential uses of risk assessment methodologies to answer nutritional questions.

The workshop served as a forum for experts on various disciplines to discuss the use of risk assessment tools to establish nutritional recommendations to prevent disease and maintain health and will identify next steps necessary to advance in this area.

Session topics were:

•       The Interface Between Risk Assessment and Nutrition 
•       Current Uses of Nutritional Risk Assessment
•       Risk Assessment Methods: Nutritional Recommendations and Health Outcomes
•       Research Gaps