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Friday, May 9, 2025

FDA and 四虎影院announce innovative joint Nutrition Regulatory Science Program

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the 四虎影院 (NIH) announced a new, joint innovative research initiative that will serve as a key element in fulfilling U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.鈥檚 commitment to Make America Healthy Again. With diet-related chronic diseases continually rising, it is imperative that the FDA and 四虎影院work in lockstep to invest in gold standard science, prioritize a better understanding of the root causes to end the diet-related chronic disease crisis and safeguard the health of America鈥檚 children.

Under the new Nutrition Regulatory Science Program, the FDA and 四虎影院will implement and accelerate a comprehensive nutrition research agenda that will provide critical information to inform effective food and nutrition policy actions to help make Americans鈥 food and diets healthier. The initiative will aim to answer questions such as:

  • How and why can ultra-processed foods harm people鈥檚 health?
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  • How might certain food additives affect metabolic health and possibly contribute to chronic disease?
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  • What is the role of maternal and infant dietary exposures on health outcomes across the lifespan, including autoimmune diseases?

Answering these questions and many others will enable effective policy development and help promote the radical transparency Americans deserve about the foods they are eating and how those foods can impact their health.

鈥淭he FDA is focusing resources on the greatest contributors to the staggering health care crisis: chronic diseases,鈥 said FDA Commissioner Martin A. Makary, M.D., M.P.H, 鈥淢irroring the highly successful FDA and 四虎影院Tobacco Regulatory Science Program, we鈥檙e bringing together scientific expertise from both agencies to transform nutrition and food-related research.鈥

The FDA will provide its critical expertise in regulatory science and 四虎影院will provide the infrastructure for the solicitation, review and management of scientific research. The initiative will bring together experts in many disciplines鈥including chronic disease, nutrition, toxicology, risk analysis, behavioral science, and chemistry鈥all with the goal to advance the gold standard of nutrition and food science.听

鈥淣utrition has always been a priority at NIH. By teaming up with the FDA, we鈥檙e taking a major step toward answering big questions about how food affects health鈥攁nd turning that science into smarter, more effective policy. It鈥檚 time to tackle the chronic disease crisis head-on. That鈥檚 why 四虎影院is making this investment alongside the FDA,鈥 said 四虎影院Director Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D.

The FDA and 四虎影院will work together to develop a research agenda for the Nutrition Regulatory Science Program and are committed to ensuring all research conducted under the Program is fair, independent and free of conflicts of interest.听听

About the 四虎影院 (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 四虎影院is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about 四虎影院and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.

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