National Institutes of Health (NIH) activities concerning nutrition research related to food composition databases
✍ Scribed by Jean A.T. Pennington
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 69 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0889-1575
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✦ Synopsis
Approximately 4% of the research expenditures for the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is used to support nutrition research and training within NIH laboratories (intramural program) and in research institutions in the US and abroad (extramural program). In fiscal year (FY) 2000, the funding for NIH nutrition research and training was $694.9 million for 3150 projects. The research areas are broad and include the functions of nutrients and other food components in biological systems, the dietary intakes needed to prevent disease and/or promote optimal health, variables that affect nutrient functions and requirements, and genetic differences in needs and responses. The results of the many nutrition research projects and programs may help the Agriculture Research Service (ARS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) establish priorities for analyzing food components and including them in USDA food composition databases. NIH research projects are described and tracked through the Human Nutrition Research Information Management (HNRIM) system. A recent search for the key word antioxidants, food components of great interest to database developers and users, identified 131 projects, many with direct relevance to specific foods.