riginal date the final plan was to be made public (127, 128).
The final 2020–2030 Strategic Plan for NIH Nutrition Research was released in May 2020. Including several themes from the 2016 National Nutrition Research Roadmap (11) (see “ICHNR” section below), this first-of-its-kind NIH plan is organized around 4 strategic goals (129):
Spur discovery and innovation through foundational research: What do we eat and how does it affect us?
Investigate the role of dietary patterns and behaviors in optimal health: What and when should we eat?
Define the role of nutrition across the lifespan: How does what we eat promote health across the lifespan?
Reduce the burden of disease in