TY - JOUR
T1 - Women’s health
T2 - optimal nutrition throughout the lifecycle
AU - Feskens, Edith J.M.
AU - Bailey, Regan
AU - Bhutta, Zulfiqar
AU - Biesalski, Hans Konrad
AU - Eicher-Miller, Heather
AU - Krämer, Klaus
AU - Pan, Wen Harn
AU - Griffiths, James C.
N1 - Funding Information:
This article is based on information presented and ideas discussed at the Council for Responsible Nutrition-International ( www.crn-i.org ) webinar series. The event was organized and supported by the Council for Responsible Nutrition-International (CRN-I), an association representing dietary supplement and functional food manufacturers and ingredient suppliers. CRN receives support primarily from its industry membership. RL Bailey has received research support from the NIH, USAID, and the University of Kentucky and consults for several companies in the field of foods, and food and nutritional ingredients. E Feskens has received unrestricted grants from Ausnutria. H Eicher-Miller has received funding from USDA, NIH, NSF and a number of other organizations and universities, and consults for several companies in the field of foods, and food and nutritional ingredients. None of the authors declares any conflict of interest in providing their solely scientific opinion for this review. Further, E Feskens, RL Bailey, Z Bhutta, H-K Biesalski, H Eicher-Miller, K Krämer and W-H Pan received an honorarium from the Council for Responsible Nutrition-International. JC Griffiths is an employee of CRN-International. None of the authors declares any conflict of interest in providing their solely scientific opinion for this review.
Funding Information:
This conference report summarizes the presentations and outcomes of three webinars held on November 5, 2021, November 10, 2021 and December 6, 2021. The webinars were organized and hosted by the Council for Responsible Nutrition-International (www.crn-i.org). The opinions expressed, herein, are those of the authors; this conference report is not a consensus statement, therefore, some authors may not agree with all the opinions expressed. The following individuals assisted in the preparation of this conference report and are hereby acknowledged: Ms. Kesso Gabrielle van Zutphen-Küffer (Sight and Life, Basel, Switzerland) and Uzma Rani (Golisano Children Hospital, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - Sex differences are an important consideration when researching and establishing policies for nutrition and optimal health. For women’s health, there are important physiologic, neurologic, and hormonal distinctions throughout the lifecycle that impact nutritional needs. Distinct from those for men, these nutritional needs must be translated into appropriate nutrition policy that aims to not only avoid overt nutritional deficiency, but also to promote health and minimize risk for chronic disease. Through a series of webinars, scientific experts discussed the advances in the understanding of the unique nutritional needs, challenges and opportunities of the various life stages for women across the life course and identified emerging nutritional interventions that may be beneficial for women. Nevertheless, there is concern that existing nutrition policy intended for women’s health is falling short with examples of programs that are focused more on delivering calories than achieving optimal nutrition. To be locally effective, targeted nutrition needs to offer different proposals for different cultural, socio-economic, and geographic communities, and needs to be applicable at all stages of growth and development. There must be adequate access to nutritious foods, and the information to understand and implement proven nutritional opportunities. Experts provided recommendations for improvement of current entitlement programs that will address accessibility and other social and environmental issues to support women properly throughout the lifecycle.
AB - Sex differences are an important consideration when researching and establishing policies for nutrition and optimal health. For women’s health, there are important physiologic, neurologic, and hormonal distinctions throughout the lifecycle that impact nutritional needs. Distinct from those for men, these nutritional needs must be translated into appropriate nutrition policy that aims to not only avoid overt nutritional deficiency, but also to promote health and minimize risk for chronic disease. Through a series of webinars, scientific experts discussed the advances in the understanding of the unique nutritional needs, challenges and opportunities of the various life stages for women across the life course and identified emerging nutritional interventions that may be beneficial for women. Nevertheless, there is concern that existing nutrition policy intended for women’s health is falling short with examples of programs that are focused more on delivering calories than achieving optimal nutrition. To be locally effective, targeted nutrition needs to offer different proposals for different cultural, socio-economic, and geographic communities, and needs to be applicable at all stages of growth and development. There must be adequate access to nutritious foods, and the information to understand and implement proven nutritional opportunities. Experts provided recommendations for improvement of current entitlement programs that will address accessibility and other social and environmental issues to support women properly throughout the lifecycle.
KW - Ageing
KW - Diet
KW - Disparities
KW - Life-expectancy
KW - Nutrition
KW - Women’s-health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85130723119&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s00394-022-02915-x
DO - 10.1007/s00394-022-02915-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 35612668
AN - SCOPUS:85130723119
SN - 1436-6207
VL - 61
SP - 1
EP - 23
JO - European Journal of Nutrition
JF - European Journal of Nutrition
ER -