Simply, it is the food and gene interaction and how it impacts our body. Our lab “Human Health Assessment and Nutrigenomics lab 2” is conducting a personalized nutritional plan based on their nutritional food markers profile generated by the company RX Predict. Nutrigenomics can be defined as the interaction between nutrition and an individual's genetic pattern. This project will address the issue of obesity prevention by assisting minority adults to adopt and model healthy, personalized lifestyle choices through dietary plans designed by RX Predict on eating patterns and the intervention program Simply My Health (S.M.H.) being developed at Central State University, through providing healthier foods and encouraging exercise behaviors.
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF NUTRIGENOMICS, AND WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF YOUR ONGOING, THREE-YEAR STUDY?
Dr. Gupta points out to undergraduate student researcher Edmond Kollie a picture on her peer-reviewed article on nutrigenomics.
“The interactions and identification of diet-gene will allow us to develop a specialized, personalized dietary intervention that will lead to evidence-based lifestyle and dietary strategies for achieving health and fitness in anticipation of the effects of genomic factors in preventing diet-related diseases.”
YOUR STUDY’S FOCUS IS ON MINORITY POPULATIONS AND SOME SPECIFIC HEALTH OUTCOMES. WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE YOU TARGETING, AND WHY?
The project goals deal with community extension education to identify all minority populations and underrepresented adults (18 years and older), particularly those who are suffering from being overweight.
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