Nutrition to Optimise Human Health

Dear Colleagues,

Over the last few decades, the use of nutrition has shifted from ensuring that the diet would contain sufficient macro- and micronutrients to consuming nutrition with the purpose of improving health. Even the use of nutrition in the reduction of risks in developing diseases is generating increasing attention. Consumers seem to be increasingly interested in consuming products that would not only ensure they meet the general nutritional recommendations, but that also allow them to optimise their health. Scientific insights into health-enhancing ingredients, food products, and diets are developing at high speed.

At the same time, in many countries and legal jurisdictions, the communication about these health effects is strictly regulated in an attempt to protect consumers from being misled by unsubstantiated and pharmaceutical claims. Slight differences arise between these jurisdictions, both in legal requirements as well as in the requirements on how to scientifically substantiate such claims.

In this Special Issue, we aim to bridge the gap between nutrition and food law, specifically related to health effects and health claims. We would like to bring readers closer to the state-of-the-art developments in the field by gathering papers that cover different aspects of the relationship between nutrition and health effects, addressing health claims, or detailing the legislative requirements for claims on foods. Original research articles and reviews (systematic reviews, critical reviews and meta-analyses) are welcome.

Dr. Alie de Boer
Guest Editor

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