Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
SR Strategy, Washington, DC, USA.
Adv Nutr. 2022 Aug 1;13(4):1324-1393. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmac043.
The ASN Board of Directors appointed the Nutrition Research Task Force to develop a report on scientific methods used in nutrition science to advance discovery, interpretation, and application of knowledge in the field. The genesis of this report was growing concern about the tone of discourse among nutrition professionals and the implications of acrimony on the productive study and translation of nutrition science. Too often, honest differences of opinion are cast as conflicts instead of areas of needed collaboration. Recognition of the value (and limitations) of contributions from well-executed nutrition science derived from the various approaches used in the discipline, as well as appreciation of how their layering will yield the strongest evidence base, will provide a basis for greater productivity and impact. Greater collaborative efforts within the field of nutrition science will require an understanding that each method or approach has a place and function that should be valued and used together to create the nutrition evidence base. Precision nutrition was identified as an important emerging nutrition topic by the preponderance of task force members, and this theme was adopted for the report because it lent itself to integration of many approaches in nutrition science. Although the primary audience for this report is nutrition researchers and other nutrition professionals, a secondary aim is to develop a document useful for the various audiences that translate nutrition research, including journalists, clinicians, and policymakers. The intent is to promote accurate, transparent, verifiable evidence-based communication about nutrition science. This will facilitate reasoned interpretation and application of emerging findings and, thereby, improve understanding and trust in nutrition science and appropriate characterization, development, and adoption of recommendations.
美国肾脏病学会（ASN）理事会任命营养研究工作组（Task Force）编写一份报告，阐述营养科学领域中用于推进发现、解释和应用知识的科学方法。该报告的起因是人们对营养专业人员之间话语基调日益感到担忧，以及尖刻言论对营养科学的研究和转化可能产生的影响。人们常常将坦诚的意见分歧视为冲突，而非需要合作的领域。认识到从学科中各种方法中得出的营养科学的良好执行的贡献的价值（和局限性），以及欣赏它们的叠加将产生最强的证据基础，将为提高生产力和影响力提供基础。营养科学领域内更广泛的合作需要认识到，每种方法或方法都有其应被重视和共同使用的位置和功能，以创建营养证据基础。精准营养被工作组的大多数成员确定为一个重要的新兴营养主题，并且该主题被用于报告，因为它适合营养科学中许多方法的整合。尽管本报告的主要受众是营养研究人员和其他营养专业人员，但次要目标是为翻译营养研究的各种受众（包括记者、临床医生和政策制定者）开发一份有用的文件。目的是促进有关营养科学的准确、透明、可验证的循证沟通。这将有助于对新发现进行合理的解释和应用，从而提高对营养科学的理解和信任，并适当描述、制定和采用建议。
