The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has a long history of examining the nation’s nutritional well-being and providing sound and providing guidance to policy makers and the public about the application of nutrition and food sciences to improve human health.
Established in 1940, the Food and Nutrition Board studies issues of national and global importance on the safety and adequacy of the U.S. food supply; establishes principles and guidelines for good nutrition; and provides authoritative judgment on the relationships among food intake, nutrition, and health maintenance and disease prevention.
Incumbent will support the work of the Food Forum and the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions (the forum and roundtable), which convene leaders from government, industry, academia, advocacy organizations, philanthropic foundations, and other interested parties around topics of mutual interest. The Food Forum focuses on issues related to food (including safety, regulation, systems, nutrition, and health) and identifying approaches to address them. The Roundtable on Obesity Solutions fosters an ongoing dialogue on critical and emerging issues in obesity prevention, treatment, and weight maintenance, and utilizing a policy, systems, and environmental change lens, the Roundtable explores and advances effective solutions. Incumbent may also work on other projects within the Food and Nutrition Board (FNB).