CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD). Following shortly
was the first official recommendation to limit con-
sumption of a particular food, eggs, as an effort to
prevent disease. In the decades since, research has
confirmed a tight and intricate relationship
between DIET AND HEALTH, and diet-related health
conditions became the focus of renewed effort to
identify nutritious, healthful foods.
HEALTH CONDITIONS LINKED TO DIETARY FACTORS
ATHEROSCLEROSIS BREAST CANCER
cervical dysplasia CERVICAL CANCER
COLORECTAL CANCER CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE(CAD)
DENTAL CARIES HYPERLIPIDEMIA
HYPERTENSION OBESITY
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE(PVD) PROSTATE CANCER
STOMACH CANCER type 2 DIABETES
Current Challenges and Future Directions
A key challenge today is the rapidly changing
understanding of the relationships between nutri-
tion and health and between nutrition and dis-
ease. Though a general range of nutrient intake is
adequate for most healthy adults, it is becoming
increasingly clear that individual variations in
NUTRITIONAL NEEDSand nutrient intake can make
the difference between health and disease. The
medical community is in transition in regard to
nutritional recommendations, shifting from the
system in place since the early 1940s to methods
of NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENTthat take individual vari-
ations more into consideration. Current research
is exploring the ways in which NUTRIENTS may
serve to lower health risk factors, such as for CVD
and diabetes, over the length of the lifespan.Nutrition and Diet 175