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Thursday, February 25, 2021

Massive National Health Study Looks to Tailor Your Diet to Your Genetic Makeup [SingularityHub, 16 February 2021]

Title:
Massive National Health Study Looks to Tailor Your Diet to Your Genetic Makeup 

Author:
Shelly Fan

Published:
SingularityHub, 16 February 2021
 
From the article:
Take the Framingham Heart Study, which launched in 1948 with over 5,000 people to better understand heart and blood vessel health. The study was a first population-level triumph in linking diet to cardiovascular diseases, which remains one of the top killers today.  
 
But to NIH’s director Dr. Francis Collins, it’s high time to bring nutrition science into the 21st century. In May 2020, the agency released a 10-year plan to dig into the nitty-gritty of nutrition, tackling the “what, when, why, and how to eat” to optimize health and reduce chronic health plagues such as diabetes, obesity, and heart disease.