Board

Food and Nutrition Board

Topics:
Food and Nutrition, Public Health, Children and Families

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.


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Board Members

  • Shiriki Kumanyika, Chair

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    • Julie Caswell

    • Kathryn Dewey

    • Ross Hammond

    • Alice Lichtenstein

    • Michael Lu

    • Bernadette Marriott

    • Angela Odoms-Young

    • Nicolaas Pronk

    • A. Catharine Ross

    • Sylvia Rowe

    • Barbara Schneeman

    • Katherine Tucker

Board Staff

  • Ann Yaktine, Board Director

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    • Eleanore Alexander

    • Heather Cook

    • Cypress Lynx

    • Amanda Nguyen

    • Maria Oria

    • Leslie Sim

    • Alice Vorosmarti

    • Meredith Young

    • Meghan Quirk

    • Sylara Marie Cruz

Board Contact Information

For More Information Contact

Cypress Lynx
Phone:
202-334-3162
Fax:
202-334-2316
E-mail:
clynx@nas.edu

Mailing Address


Keck Center
500 Fifth St. NW
Washington, DC 20001