FOOD AND HEALTH

A two-way relation exists between food and health.
In fact, food intake and
nutritional status may influence health status (modifying life span, function modulation
and the prevalence of chronic diseases) and, in the same way, health status
(comorbidity in particular in the elderly) can influence food intake and nutritional
status (nutritional frailty).

Research in food science may positively affect the relation between food and
health.
It is however necessary to guide this process with wisdom.
Otherwise, the price
we have to pay for this is a dysfunctional food pyramid, looking like the tower of Babel,
where under- and over-nutrition and nutrient toxicity are present at the same time.

A two-way relation exists between food and health.
In fact, food intake and
nutritional status may influence health status and, in the same way, health status can
influence food intake and nutritional status.

This complex relation may represent an important prospective objective of
research in food science.