"Where nutrition is potentially an effective prevention or treatment, because it is also generally safe, we can take some of the worry out of peoples’ lives and improve their quality of life as people, not just as patients." Luis Cantarell - Lausanne Sept 27th 2010.
At Nestlé Health Science, our vision and ambition is that we aim to pioneer science-based nutritional solutions, to deliver improved personalised health care for medical conditions. We believe that health science nutrition will become personalised in two different ways. Firstly, it will become individual and targeted at specific needs. This journey has already started with our HealthCare Nutrition business. For example, today we offer products for dysphagia patients with swallowing disorders to reduce the likelihood of complications such as lung infections. Secondly, nutrition will gradually become personalised through greater understanding of genetic and environmental interactions with food. Where nutrition is potentially an effective prevention or treatment, because it is also generally safe, we can take some of the worry out of peoples’ lives and improve their quality of life as people, not just as patients.