MedPage Today April 20, 2022
— The potential is there, but it’ll depend on how it’s used
Would you expect a single set of clothes to fit everyone? Of course not. Similarly, would you expect a single diet to work for everyone? Again, that’s not realistic. People differ significantly when it comes to their surroundings, medical history, daily activities, body composition, biology, genetics, and the many other factors affecting diet and health.
Society needs to move away from the one-diet-fits-all approach that’s been used for years and toward precision nutrition, an emerging field that involves tailoring diets so they better match different people’s circumstances and characteristics. Computer technology and artificial intelligence (AI) will be central to achieving more widespread precision nutrition.