Institute of Medicine and its Food and Nutrition Board –Interface of Science and Policy APLU Board on Human Sciences 2010 Spring Meeting, February 24,

Institute of Medicine and its Food and Nutrition Board –Interface of Science and Policy

APLU Board on Human Sciences2010 Spring Meeting, February 24, 2010

Linda D Meyers, PhDDirector, Food and Nutrition Board

IOM At-a-Glance

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• Private, independent nonprofit – not government

• 1600 elected members

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Patrick W. KelleyDirector

African Science Academy

Development

Patrick W. KelleyDirector

Children, Youth, and Families

Rosemary ChalkDirector

Children, Youth, and Families

Rosemary ChalkDirector

Food and Nutrition

Linda D. MeyersDirector

Food and Nutrition

Linda D. MeyersDirector

Global Health

Patrick W. KelleyDirector

Global Health

Patrick W. KelleyDirector

Health Care Services

Roger HerdmanDirector

Health Care Services

Roger HerdmanDirector

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Rose Marie MartinezDirector

Population Health and

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Rose Marie MartinezDirector

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Andrew M. PopeDirector

Health Sciences Policy

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Rick ErdtmannDirector

Health of Select Populations

Rick ErdtmannDirector

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Programs and Fellowships

Marie E. MichnichProgram Director

Health Policy Educational

Programs and Fellowships

Marie E. MichnichProgram Director

Food and Nutrition BoardDennis M. Bier, MD (Chair) Children’s Nutrition Research Center,

Baylor College of Medicine

Diane Birt, PhD Center for Research on Dietary Botanical Supplements, Iowa State

Yvonne Bronner, ScD Schl Public Health & Policy, Morgan

State

Fergus M. Clydesdale, PhDFood Science, U Massachusetts—Amherst

Gordon L. Jensen, MD, PhDNutritional Sciences, Penn State

Susan T. Mayne, PhDChronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale Sch Med

Sanford A Miller PhD

Jt Inst. Food Safety and Applied Nutr., University of Maryland

J. Glenn Morris, MD, MPH&TM Emerging Pathogens Institute,

Florida

Suzanne Murphy, PhD, RD Cancer Research Center, University

of Hawaii

Jose Ordovas, PhD Nutrition and Genomics, Nutrition

Research Center on Aging, Tufts

Jim Riviere, DVM. PhD Chemical Toxicology Research and

Pharmacokinetics, NC State

Patrick J Stover, PhDNutritional Sciences (head and gneomics), Cornell University

Walter C Willett, MD, Dr.PHEpidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard

School of Public Health

Linda Meyers, Ph.D. (Director)

FNB -- Focus Areas• Diet and Health

– Dietary Reference Intakes– Obesity prevention in children– Military nutrition research– Nutrition programs

• Food Quality and Safety – Risk relationships– Framework to evaluate safety

Domestic and International

Dietary Reference Intakes

www.nap.eduwww.iom.edu/dri

Impact – Dietary Reference IntakesScience standard for federal nutrition guidance

– HHS/USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans– USDA MyPyramid – Health Canada Canadian Food Guide

Statutory or De Facto standard for assistance programs

– 4 official USDA food plans– Food stamp allotments/– WIC food packages– DOD service members– Standard of comparison for USDA review of food distribution programs on Indian Reservations

Basis for nutritional standards of many other countriesUses in everyday life

– By divorce courts to set alimony payments – By bankruptcy courts to determine income for food expenses

Obesity-Related Reports

• Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance (2005)

• Food Marketing to Children and Youth: Threat or Opportunity? (2006)

• Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: How Do We Measure Up? (2007)

• Nutrition Standards for Foods in Schools: Leading the Way Toward Healthier Youth (2007)

• Public Health Effects of Food Deserts: Workshop Summary (2009)

• Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the Guidelines (2009)

• School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Youth (2009)

• Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood Obesity (2009)

Current Obesity Prevention Activities

• Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention

• A Framework for Decision-Making for Obesity Prevention (spring 2010)

• Obesity Prevention Policies for Young Children (early 2011)

• Partner with NIH and CDC on The HBO Obesity Project

To Watch For

• Workshop Summary: Nutrition Effects of Global Food Crisis * (available now)

• Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake (April 2010)

• FDA Role in Ensuring Safe Food* (~May 2010)

• DRI for Vitamin D and Calcium (~July 2010)• Nutrition Standards for Child and Adult Day

Care Food Programs (Fall 2010)• Nutrition, Trauma, and the Brain (2011)

*collaborative with another Board(s)

Challenge Areas

• Future of Nutrition and Food Sciences

• Nutrition and Older People– E.g., Community–based nutrition services for

older people

• Nutrition in Health Care – E.g., Personalized nutrition, e.g., drug-

nutrient interactions

• Emerging Sciences

– Nanotechnology– Epigenetics

Thank you!

For more information:

www.iom.edu/fnb