1. The plant-based diet movement has reached policy-level prominence—with influential health and government groups embracing change.


2. Nutrition may be losing its importance in the conversation about health and sustainability.


3. Increasingly, children’s nutritional needs for growth and development are overshadowed by other health and environmental concerns.


4. An increased focus on holistic early childhood education, as well as state leadership support, will help advance efforts to improve the nutrition and health of the youngest children in communities.


5. New research is expanding on the understanding of dairy as a functional food by characterizing how fermented dairy foods provide health benefits to the microbiome, prevent chronic diseases and more.

For a complete report, read 2019 Top Nutrition Trends.