EIC Pathfinder Challenge: Precision Nutrition

Background and scope

Dietary guidelines provide recommendations on foods, food groups and dietary patterns to achieve reference intakes of nutrients, prevent chronic diseases and maintain overall health in the general population. However, dietary recommendations are not sufficiently stratified across different categories such as age, gender, ethnicity, genetic predisposition to certain Food-related Health Conditions (FrHCs) such as but not limited to obesity and malnutrition) and Noncommunicable Chronic Diseases (NCDs) such as but not limited to diabetes and hypertension.

The role of diet in human health is increasingly being researched as a factor that could contribute to human health. The human diet can have a pro-inflammatory effect and can influence the immune system by different mechanisms including altering the glycome in a way to produce more pro-inflammatory antibodies. In addition, depending on the genetic predisposition of an individual, diet can play a role in the de