About Nutrition Informatics

In 2020, between 720 and 811 million people faced hunger

1 in every 9 people in the world is hungry

1 in every 3 is overweight or obese

Healthy diets are out of reach for 3 billion people

Addressing the double burden of malnutrition key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (in particular Goal 2 and Target 3.4) and the Commitments of the Rome Declaration on Nutrition, within the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition.

  • Nutrition Informatics (NI) describes intersection of nutrition, information, and technology, and it underlies all areas of dietetics practice.

  • Focus on development of standards, processes, and technologies for providing nutrition care.

  • Inform data driven, evidence based, human centered design, development, implementation and evaluation of nutrition informatics interventions, programs and policies to enhance good health and well-being of individuals, their families and the communities they live in.

  • SMAART Hub for Informatics enabled Nutrition Education (SHINE) to become a global platform for the field of Nutrition Informatics Research, Innovation, Policy, Practice and Entrepreneurship.