Advancing evidence-based nutrition science to improve healthspan through international collaboration, rigorous scholarship, and practical clinical guidance.
The HLMS Nutrition Working Group brings together international experts in nutrition, metabolism, aging, and lifestyle medicine to advance rigorous, clinically meaningful guidance on nutrition for healthy longevity.
Nutrition for Healthy Aging
The field of nutrition has become one of the most confusing areas in medicine, with rapidly evolving science, conflicting headlines, and increasing public misinformation. The HLMS Nutrition Working Group brings together internationally recognized experts in nutrition, metabolism, aging, and lifestyle medicine to evaluate the evidence, identify areas of consensus and uncertainty, and translate that science into practical, personalized guidance for healthy longevity.
This multidisciplinary consensus paper explores the foundational principles of nutrition for healthy aging and how those principles can be thoughtfully personalized according to clinical context, life stage, metabolic health, functional goals, individual risk, and personal preferences. By combining scientific rigor with multidisciplinary expertise and clinical relevance, the Working Group aims to help clinicians, researchers, policymakers, journalists, and the public distinguish well-supported nutrition principles from premature claims, while translating complex science into practical guidance that can improve both healthspan and quality of life.
This multidisciplinary consensus paper explores the foundational principles of nutrition for healthy aging and how those principles can be thoughtfully personalized according to clinical context, life stage, metabolic health, functional goals, individual risk, and personal preferences. By combining scientific rigor with multidisciplinary expertise and clinical relevance, the Working Group aims to help clinicians, researchers, policymakers, journalists, and the public distinguish well-supported nutrition principles from premature claims, while translating complex science into practical guidance that can improve both healthspan and quality of life.
Nutrition for Healthy Aging: Principles, Personalization, and Practice
The Nutrition Working Group brings together internationally recognized experts in nutrition, metabolism, aging, and lifestyle medicine to translate the best available evidence into practical, clinically meaningful guidance for healthy longevity. Through scientific rigor, multidisciplinary collaboration, and thoughtful discussion, the group aims to provide balanced, evidence-informed recommendations that support healthcare professionals, researchers, policymakers, and the public while helping address misinformation in an increasingly complex nutrition landscape.
Working Group Members
Chair / Nutrition translation
Tom Rifai, MD
Protein, muscle, resistance exercise
Stuart Phillips, PhD
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Dr. Rory Melville
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Dr. Sandra Camarata
Precision nutrition, biomarkers
David Barzilai, MD, PhD
CKD, immunosenescence
Yen-Ling Chiu, MD, PhD
Lifestyle medicine, clinical translation
Melissa Sundermann, DO
Dr. Evelyne Bischof
President, Healthy Longevity Medicine Society
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