KNES 437 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments, Nutrigenetics, Genetic Testing
6 Mar 2020
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Future challenges and present ethical considerations in the use of personalized nutrition based on. Introduction: nutritional recommendations directed toward the general population are based mainly on estimated average nutrient requirements for a target group. It is an instrument for delaying or preventing disease onset through personalized dietary advice: these new tools are worthless without adequate interpretation and subsequent translation into colloquial language by trained rds. Current situation: at this moment, real value as biomarkers of disease risk must be questioned and additional studies must be conducted to provide more scientific basis for their predictive value. Gwas (genome wide associate studies), meta-analyses, or linkage studies, but this is not often the case. In any case, the results of genetic testing for disease risk should never supersede a clinical decision based on phenotypical traits and family history but should be complementary. In several cases, the genetic testing opened their eyes to the risks they faced.
