The Personalized Nutrition 2022 Summit is a hybrid event that will be held in-person in San Diego, Calif. The event will explore the complex ways that nutrition, food, and other compounds in our diets influence our brains, mood, and mental health. Personalized nutrition is increasingly being recognized as a powerful tool in the prevention and treatment of a spectrum of brain and mental health conditions; our nutritional status, cognition, and mental wellbeing are intricately connected. Mental health, neurological, and substance-use disorders some of the top contributors to the global burden of disease and disability and to reduced quality of living. Furthermore, conditions like depression, anxiety, and disordered eating have been associated with increased risk of some of the leading causes of death worldwide, such as cardiovascular disease. The COVID-19 pandemic and other tragedies around the world in recent years have brought conversations about mental health into focus in the public sphere.
