TABLE 3.
Core issues to be addressed1
| • The state of the science to support (or to not support) changes in the 2003 recommendations |
| • The role of food and nutrition in the prevention, care, and treatment of HIV and related comorbidities in |
| Adolescents (age >14 y) |
| Adults |
| Pregnancy, lactating women |
| • Potential interactions between ART, diet, nutrition, and health including |
| Potential impact of nutritional status on efficacy of interventions, including ARVs |
| Potential impact of ARVs on nutritional status of HIV-infected individuals |
| Evaluation of evidence regarding nutritional implications of ART metabolic disorders, eg, dyslipidemias, bone problems |
| • Nutritional implications of interactions between HIV treatments and comorbidities |
| • Implications of food insecurity for prevention, care, and treatment of HIV across all 3 target groups |
| • Factors affecting successful implementation of new guidelines in affected communities |
1
ART, antiretroviral therapy; ARVs, antiretroviral drugs.