Nutrition is a modifiable key factor that is able to interact with both the genome and
epigenome to influence human health and fertility. In particular, specific genetic variants can …

Nutrigenetic research examines the effects of inter-individual differences in genotype on
responses to nutrients and other food components, in the context of health and of nutrient …

Nutritional epigenetics seeks to explain the effects of nutrition on gene expression. For
social science, it is an area of life science whose analysis reveals a concentrated form of a …

Navigating ethical issues throughout your research project can be a confusing and daunting
task. But why are ethics so important anyway? Can you anticipate or prepare for ethical …

It is the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics that nutritional genomics provides
insight into how diet and genotype interactions affect phenotype. The practical application of …

Objectives: Consumer Health Informatics (CHI) is a rapidly growing domain within the field of
biomedical and health informatics. The objective of this paper is to reflect on the past twenty …

Since 2007, consumer genomics companies have marketed personal genome scanning
services to assess users' genetic predispositions to a variety of complex diseases and traits …

Consumer genomics and mobile health provide health-related information to individuals and
offer advice for lifestyle change. These 'technologies for healthy lifestyle'occupy an …

Purpose Increased accessibility of direct-to-consumer personalized genetic reports raises
the question: how are people affected by information about their own genetic …

It is just over two decades since a small start-up firm called University Diagnostics launched
a mail-order genetic testing service in the UK in 1996. That same year, the US-based …