Following this week’s release of the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, Florida State University is making two of its internationally recognized nutrition experts available for comment.
The new guidelines, released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, mark a significant update to federal nutrition policy, with a strong emphasis on whole foods, a focus on food additives and the reduction of processed food consumption.
FSU has prioritized multidisciplinary nutrition and chronic disease reduction research campuswide by establishing the Institute for Connecting Nutrition and Health (ICON-Health) in 2025. The directors, as well as more than 50 ICON-Health faculty members, are experts in various topics included in the new Dietary Guidelines.
Regan Bailey, Director, ICON-Health
Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, FSU College of Medicine
Bailey is a registered dietitian and a leading nutritional epidemiologist whose research focuses on understanding the role of diet in human health and disease. An elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, she served on the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, giving her insight into the evolution of these federal standards. Her expertise includes chronic disease risk, dietary supplements, nutritional assessment and how to optimize nutrition across the life course.
Dr. Patrick Stover, Director, ICON-Health
Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, FSU College of Medicine
Stover is an international leader in biochemistry, systems metabolism and nutrition. He served two terms on the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academies that oversees the establishment of the Dietary Reference Intakes, and is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and former President of the American Society for Nutrition. He served on the National Academies Committee that developed the framework for establishing nutrition requirements for chronic disease reduction. His research investigates the fundamental chemical and genetic mechanisms underlying the relationships between nutrition, genetics, epigenetics and disease, which positions him to speak to the biological and physiological basis of the importance of the new guidelines on connecting food, nutrition and health.
Both ICON-Health directors are experts in micronutrients and fortification, including folic acid policy.