TY - JOUR
T1 - Nature of the evidence base and approaches to guide nutrition interventions for individuals
T2 - A position paper from the Academy of Nutrition Sciences
AU - Hickson, Mary
AU - Papoutsakis, Constantina
AU - Madden, Angela M.
AU - Smith, Mary Anne
AU - Whelan, Kevin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Nutrition Society.
PY - 2024/2/2
Y1 - 2024/2/2
N2 - This Position Paper from the Academy of Nutrition Sciences is the third in a series which describe the nature of the scientific evidence and frameworks that underpin nutrition recommendations for health. This paper focuses on evidence which guides the application of dietary recommendations for individuals. In some situations, modified nutrient intake becomes essential to prevent deficiency, optimise development and health, or manage symptoms and disease progression. Disease and its treatment can also affect taste, appetite and ability to access and prepare foods, with associated financial impacts. Therefore, the practice of nutrition and dietetics must integrate and apply the sciences of food, nutrition, biology, physiology, behaviour, management, communication and society to achieve and maintain human health. Thus, there is huge complexity in delivering evidence-based nutrition interventions to individuals. This paper examines available frameworks for appraising the quality and certainty of nutrition research evidence, the development nutrition practice guidelines to support evidence implementation in practice and the influence of other sources of nutrition information and misinformation. The paper also considers major challenges in applying research evidence to an individual and suggests consensus recommendations to begin to address these challenges in the future. Our recommendations target three groups; those who deliver nutrition interventions to individuals, those funding, commissioning or undertaking research aimed at delivering evidence-based nutrition practice, and those disseminating nutritional information to individuals.
AB - This Position Paper from the Academy of Nutrition Sciences is the third in a series which describe the nature of the scientific evidence and frameworks that underpin nutrition recommendations for health. This paper focuses on evidence which guides the application of dietary recommendations for individuals. In some situations, modified nutrient intake becomes essential to prevent deficiency, optimise development and health, or manage symptoms and disease progression. Disease and its treatment can also affect taste, appetite and ability to access and prepare foods, with associated financial impacts. Therefore, the practice of nutrition and dietetics must integrate and apply the sciences of food, nutrition, biology, physiology, behaviour, management, communication and society to achieve and maintain human health. Thus, there is huge complexity in delivering evidence-based nutrition interventions to individuals. This paper examines available frameworks for appraising the quality and certainty of nutrition research evidence, the development nutrition practice guidelines to support evidence implementation in practice and the influence of other sources of nutrition information and misinformation. The paper also considers major challenges in applying research evidence to an individual and suggests consensus recommendations to begin to address these challenges in the future. Our recommendations target three groups; those who deliver nutrition interventions to individuals, those funding, commissioning or undertaking research aimed at delivering evidence-based nutrition practice, and those disseminating nutritional information to individuals.
KW - Academy Nutritional Sciences
KW - Consensus recommendations
KW - Evidence Base
KW - Individualised
KW - Nutrition Interventions
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U2 - 10.1017/S0007114524000291
DO - 10.1017/S0007114524000291
M3 - Article
C2 - 38305040
AN - SCOPUS:85183996930
SN - 0007-1145
VL - 131
SP - 1754
EP - 1773
JO - British Journal of Nutrition
JF - British Journal of Nutrition
IS - 10
ER -