Researchers Discuss Trend in Customized Nutrition Recommendations
During the "Tailoring Food Choices to Improve Health" symposium held at IFT, a panel of researchers highlighted factors that contribute to the ability to customize nutritional needs including not just age and gender, but disease risk, genetic profile, metabolic conditions and taste preferences.
Obesity and its related illnesses are one driving force in the need for a better understanding of how food contributes to overall health and wellness. Michael Zemel, professor of nutrition and medicine at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, presented scientific data that shows a correlation between the absorption of calcium through dairy foods with better weight management. Epidemiological and clinical trial data support the findings that calcium intake is linked to weight loss.