Scientific sources and guidelines

What Cibus AI is based on

Cibus AI is trained and continuously updated on clinical guidelines, international standards and leading scientific literature. Below are the main sources, organized by area.

Document under continuous development and updating

Nutrition

  • LARN – SINU (Italy), including LARN for specific populations (pediatrics, elderly, pregnancy)
  • EFSA (European Food Safety Authority)
  • DRI / RDA – Institute of Medicine (USA)
  • WHO guidelines on sugar, salt and fats

Metabolic disorders

  • Type 1 / Type 2 diabetes – ADA, AMD-SID
  • Obesity – EASO, ADI
  • Dyslipidemia – ESC / EAS
  • CKD and renal diet – KDIGO
  • Hypertension – ESC

Eating disorders

  • Eating disorders – NICE, ISS Italy
  • Italian Ministry of Health – Health Notebooks on eating disorders (2013, later updates)
  • SISDCA – Italian Society for the Study of Eating Disorders
  • ABA – Association for the study and research on Anorexia, Bulimia and obesity

Sport and performance

  • ISSN – International Society of Sports Nutrition
  • IOC consensus on sports nutrition
  • F-MARC – FIFA Medical Assessment and Research Centre

Gastroenterology / Clinical nutrition

  • ESPEN (clinical nutrition, PN, EN, sarcopenia)
  • SINPE (Italian)
  • Celiac disease – ESPGHAN, AIGO
  • FODMAP and IBS – Monash University

Pediatrics

  • ESPGHAN (complementary feeding, breastfeeding, pediatric obesity)
  • FIMP / SIP (Italy)

Oncology

  • ESPEN oncology nutrition
  • AIOM (Italian)

Geriatrics

  • Sarcopenia – EWGSOP2
  • Malnutrition – MNA, MUST, NRS-2002
  • ESPEN elderly

Allergies and intolerances

  • EAACI (food allergies)
  • ESPGHAN (cow's milk protein allergy)

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

  • ISS Italy
  • ACOG
  • ESPGHAN

Endocrinology

  • Thyroid and nutrition – ETA
  • PCOS – ESHRE / ASRM
  • Osteoporosis – IOF, SIOMMMS

Related areas

  • Cardiology – ESC
  • Pulmonology – GOLD (COPD)
  • Rheumatology – EULAR
  • Nephrology – extended KDIGO
  • Hepatology – EASL
  • Nutritional psychiatry

Veterinary field

Reference sources and standards for veterinary nutrition and medicine.

Animal nutrition

  • NRC (National Research Council) – reference standard for dogs, cats, horses, ruminants
  • FEDIAF (European Pet Food Industry) – dog and cat nutrition guidelines
  • AAFCO – US standards for pet food

Clinical veterinary medicine

  • WSAVA (World Small Animal Veterinary Association) – general guidelines, vaccines, pet nutrition
  • ESVCN (European Society of Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition)
  • IRIS (International Renal Interest Society) – CKD staging and management in dogs/cats

Veterinary endocrinology

  • Diabetes in dogs and cats (ECVIM)
  • Canine hypothyroidism, feline hyperthyroidism (ECVIM)

The listed sources represent the main references on which Cibus AI is trained and updated. The list is constantly evolving and is not exhaustive. Cibus AI is a support tool and does not replace clinical, professional or ethical judgment: every decision remains the full and exclusive responsibility of the professional.