Nominations for Global Harmonization Workshop

Jornada   |   10 de enero de 2017   |  

Global Harmonization of Methodological Approaches to Nutrient Intake Recommendations

The goal is to develop discussion topics about ways to provide a uniform and consistent basis for setting nutrient intake recommendations across countries while accommodating culturally and context-specific food choices and dietary patterns. Specific issues for consideration include:

- Identifying appropriate uses for and ways to reach consensus on nutrient intake standards;

- Developing a harmonized framework and approaches for the derivation of nutrient intake recommendations;

- Cultivating international partnerships to evaluate methodologies and approaches to reviewing nutrients;

- Reviewing the process for harmonization approaches and development of nutrient intake recommendations to maximize their acceptance;

- Reviewing criteria and approaches for establishing priorities for nutrient reviews;

- Suggesting processes for incorporating different contextual issues and addressing differences across regions and countries, including but not limited to, documenting case studies;

- Undertaking evidence reviews on topics related to setting acceptable recommendations;

- Reviewing mechanisms for performing and/or evaluating nutrient reviews;

- Assuring accessibility to data across global partners; and

- Maintaining cost effectiveness by:
o Using cost effective approaches that do not compromise on quality;
o Sharing cost across global partners to reduce the burden to any single countryand/or international agency;
o Establishing consistency in approaches to reduce the overall cost burden

Expertise Needed: In addition to a chair, the planning committee will include experts in the following areas:

- Nutrition science;
- Dietary Reference Intakes;
- Dietary patterns;
- Epidemiology;
- Clinical trials;
- Study design and methodology;
- Statistics/biostatistics;
- International nutrition standards;
- Global and public health

Please send your suggested nominations by e-mail at ayaktine@nas.edu, by January 6, 2017.

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