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Nutrigenetics and nutrigenomicsEdited by A P Simopoulos and J M Ordovas
World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics Series No. 93
The explosive and fast accelerating growth of the field of Nutrigenetics / Nutrigenomics makes this volume ... an invaluable resource for health professionals and students of nutrition alike.
South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition
For the first time, international scientists describe the advances in genetics and nutrition by combining methods of molecular biology with those of functional genetics, also known as systems biology. This book provides the latest data on genetic variation and dietary response, nutrients and gene expression, and the contribution molecular biology has given to systems biology. It also includes a comprehensive critique of genetic association studies in defining the risk of chronic diseases and concludes that molecular diagnostic tests will eventually affect every area of health care from individual risk prediction, early diagnosis of disease, and determination of optimal treatment regimens, to monitoring treatment effectiveness. The appendix contains an extensive glossary of the newly emerging terminology, as well as recommendations for genetic screening.
This publication is an essential tool for the future work of all physicians, nutritionists, dietitians, geneticists, physiologists, molecular biologists, anthropologists, food technologists, policy makers, ethicists and educators.
ISBN 3 8055 7782 6
ISBN-13: 978 3 8055 7782 3
June 2004
324 pages 234 x 156mm hardback
£165.00 / US$280.00 / €200.00
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Contents
Genetic variation: nutritional implications; Gene: environment interactions and coronary heart disease risk; Genes, diet and plasma lipids: The evidence from observational studies; Dynamic relationships between the genome and exposures to environments as causes of common human diseases; Achieving balance in the omega-6/omega-3 ratio through nutrigenomics; Nutrients and gene expression; Nutrigenomics in efficacy and safety evaluation of food components; Genetic variation and nutritional requirements; Vitamin metabolism, genetics and the environment; Gene-nutrient interactions in type 1 diabetes; Cancer nutrigenomics; Genetic variation and physical performance.