The Functional Food Center has held 27 successful International Conferences, including this one, since 2004. We take special interest in enabling the assimilation of scientific knowledge at our conferences under the series "Functional Foods and Chronic Diseases: Science and Practice." The 27th International Conference was held September 20th to September 21st, 2019 at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center of Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, USA. This conference was titled "Functional Foods, Bioactive Compounds and Biomarkers: Health Promotion and Disease Management"Main conference sessions include: Session 1. Opening and Keynote Session. Session 2: Functional Food Definition, Status, and RegulationSession 3: Functional foods, Bioactive Compounds and Nutrition for CancerSession 4. Bioactive Compounds and Biomarkers for Chronic Disorders: Session 5. Poster Session and ExhibitionSession 6: Nutrition, Functional Foods and Chronic Diseases. Session 7: Functional Foods, Metabolism and Diabetes. Session 8: Current Research and Development of New Functional Food Products: Session 9. Poster Session and ExhibitionPresented in this book are scientists, food manufacturers, and healthcare professionals who are committed to functional food research. They have brought together ideas and research to prevent and manage chronic illnesses in order to improve quality of life through the utilization of functional foods with bioactive compounds.Danik Martirosyan, PhD, President of Functional Food Center, Functional Food Institute, Dallas, TX, USA