Describe how genes and nutrition interact and the current reality of using genetic testing to assess an individual's disease risk. (1) Flashcards
1
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how your genes affect your nutrient requirements and susceptibility or resistance to nutrition-related diseases
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nutrigenetics
2
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how nutrients and other dietary components affect gene expression
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nutrigenomics
3
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interactions between nutrition and genetics; includes both nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics
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nutritional genomics