artments and agencies currently invest in critical nutrition research. Their relative investments in nutrition research have remained flat or declined over several decades—even as diet-related conditions and their societal burdens have climbed. The NIH is the largest funder, with nutrition research investments estimated at $1.9 billion annually (∼5% of total NIH funding) for fiscal year 2019. Approximately 25% of this funding (1.3% of total NIH fun