Coordinate key cross-agency research priorities for nutrition-related investments Optimizing nutrition-related investments for diplomacy, development, and defense, such as by USAID ($27 billion/y)
DoD priorities around nutrition for human performance, military readiness, and treatment of musculoskeletal and battlefield injuries
VHA opportunities to reduce high rates of diet-related illnesses among veterans
Understand and define basic nutrient requirements during extended stays in microgravity, among other research and translation needs to support NASA astronauts
Strengthen and leverage the nearly $100 billion/y national investment across ≥15 USDA nutrition assistance programs
Food safety research, relevant to FDA, USDA, and NIH
FDA regulatory issues including Nutrition Facts labeling, front-of-pack labeling, restaurant menu labeling, health claims, food category standards of identity, cellular agriculture, food additives, and dietary supplements
Intersections of nutrition science and food, nutrition, and health regulatory activities coordinated between FDA, USDA, NIH, among others