The committee has three primary areas of focus for its work:
- facilitate stakeholder dialogue on topics related to sodium and potassium intake,
- support applied clinical or epidemiological research to improve the understanding of sodium as relevant to CVD and blood pressure, and
- address the challenges of sodium reduction in food, consumer preference, acceptance, and communication.
Christine Taylor, PhD, FDA (Retired)
NUTRITION 2018: Overview of FDA Sodium Reduction Guidance
Watch the full scientific session.
Kraft Heinz Company
SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR
GOVERNMENT ADVISOR
Publications
The Sodium Conundrum: Evolving Recommendations and Implications
Nutrition Today, 2019
This review is based on a session at the American Society for Nutrition 2018 Annual Meeting, which brought together stakeholders to discuss the developments, progress, conundrums, and opportunities toward reducing sodium intakes.
Mineral Intake Ratios Are a Weak but Significant Factor in Blood Pressure Variability in US Adults
The Journal of Nutrition, 2018
Higher intakes of potassium, calcium, and magnesium and lower intakes of sodium have been associated with a lower risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. In this study, the associations of mineral intake and mineral-sodium intake ratios with blood pressure were investigated.
The Safety of Sodium Reduction in the Food Supply: A Cross-Discipline Balancing Act
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2017
This workshop aimed to provide greater knowledge and appreciation of the opportunities and challenges facing the food industry in answering the public health community’s call to reduce sodium levels in the food supply.
Estimating Sodium and Potassium Intakes and Their Ratio in the American Diet: Data from the 2011–2012 NHANES
The Journal of Nutrition, 2016
The aim of this study was to estimate the Na:K in the diet of US adults from the 2011-2012 NHANES.
Food Pattern Modeling Shows That the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Sodium and Potassium Cannot Be Met Simultaneously
Nutrition Research, 2013
This article, published in Nutrition Research, used food pattern modeling based on linear programming to examine the theoretical feasibility of meeting the sodium and potassium dietary guidelines while simultaneously maintaining nutritional adequacy of the diet.
Past Events
Experimental Biology 2019
April 6, 2019 – April 9, 2019
Orlando, FL, USA
Experimental Biology (EB) brings together life sciences and biomedical researchers from all over the world meet to network and share cutting-edge research.
ASN Nutrition 2018
June 9, 2018 – June 12, 2018
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
ILSI North America supported several sessions at ASN’s NUTRITION 2018
Characterizing Sodium and Potassium Intakes and Their Ratio in the American Diet
October 5, 2015
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Dr. Reagan Bailey presented on “Characterizing Sodium and Potassium Intakes and Their Ratio in the American Diet” at the FNCE 2015 Poster Session.
The Safety of Sodium Reduction in the Food Supply: A Cross Discipline Balancing Act
September 22, 2015
Washington, DC, USA
This workshop was a collaboration between the ILSI North America Technical Committees on Food Microbiology and Sodium.
Experimental Biology 2014
April 26, 2014 – April 30, 2014
San Diego, California, USA
ILSI North America sponsored multiple presentations: “Sodium to Potassium Ratio and Food Choices of U.S. Adults”, “Sugars and Health: Applying Evidence Mapping Methods to Assess the Evidence”, and “Low-Calorie Sweeteners and Body Weight and Composition.”
- Lay of the Taste Land – Taste Evolution, Mechanisms, and Functions
Gary Beauchamp, PhD, Monell Chemical Senses Center - Non-Mechanistic Determinants of the Taste Experience: How Culture, Environment, and Habit Influence Taste
John Hayes, PhD, The Pennsylvania State University - Sensory Properties of Food and Implications for Food Choice
Chris Simons, PhD, Ohio State University - Improving the Nutritional Profile of Products While Maintaining Taste: Industry Perspective
Jane Leland, PhD, Consultant - Modifying Consumer Preference to Improve Dietary Choices
Debra Zellner, PhD, Montclair State University - What Do We Know About Taste and Food Choice?
Naomi Fukagawa, PhD, USDA ARS Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center
Saturday, June 9th, 2018. Supported by the Scientific Integrity Consortium. ILSI North America is an active member of the Consortium.
- Session Chair
James House, PhD, University of Manitoba - Best Practices in Nutrition Science to Earn and Keep the Public's Trust
Patrick Stover, PhD, Texas A&M - Report from the Scientific Integrity Consortium: Principles & Best Practices
Catherine Woteki, PhD, Iowa State University - Using Risk of Bias Domains to Identify Opportunities for Improvement in Food- and Nutrition-related Research: An Evaluation of Research Type and Design, Year of Publication, and Source of Funding
Esther Myers, PhD, RD, FADA, EF Myers Consulting, Inc. This talk was supported by the ILSI North America Assembly on Scientific Integrity.
Monday, June 11th, 2018. Supported by the ILSI North America Dietary Lipids Committee.
- Overview: The Need for Guidelines and the Process
J. Thomas Brenna, PhD, University of Texas at Austin - Study Design and Interpretation
Melanie Plourde, PhD, Université de Sherbrooke - Laboratory Analysis and Reporting
Peter Jones, PhD, University of Manitoba
Tuesday, June 12th, 2018. Supported by the ILSI North America Sodium Committee.
- Introduction and Session Overview
Moderator/Session Chair: Christine Taylor, PhD, FDA (retired) - Relationship of Sodium and Potassium to Chronic Disease: AHRQ Systematic Review
Janet de Jesus, MS, RD, HHS, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion - Developing Guidance for Inclusion of Chronic Disease Endpoints in DRIs: Implication for Sodium and Potassium
Marian Neuhouser, PhD, RD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center - Overview of FDA Sodium Reduction Guidance
Christine Taylor, PhD, FDA (retired) - Progress in Sodium Reduction by the Food Industry
Joshua Anthony, PhD, MBA, The Campbell Soup Company
This symposium aims to highlight recent scientific discoveries addressing how availability of distinct nutrients, along with genetic differences in nutrient metabolism capacity, affect the elaborate cellular and molecular processes that take place during brain development, focusing on basic science and clinically-‐relevant scientific advances.
Symposium Chair:
Christopher Lynch, PhD, NIH, Director, Office of Nutrition Research
Chief, Nutrition Research Branch
Speakers:
Development of the Brain During the First 1000 Days of Life:
Lisa Freund, PhD, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Child Health and Human Development
Iron: A Key Nutrient and a Paradigm of Nutrient-Brain Interactions:
Michael Georgieff, MD, University of Minnesota
The Relation Between Maternal Genotype, Lipid Intake and Metabolism, and Infant and Toddler Cognitive Performance:
Carol Cheatham, PhD, UNC Chapel Hill Nutrition Research Institute
The Impact of Maternal Choline Metabolism on Brain Development:
Steven Zeisel, MD, PhD, UNC Chapel Hill Nutrition Research Institute
This session was supported in part by ILSI North America's Emerging Science Program.
More information about Nutrition 2018 is available here.
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