Katherine L. Tucker|Caren E. Smith|Chao?Qiang Lai|José M. Ordovás
Quantifying Diet for Nutrigenomic Studies
Northeastern University|Tufts University|Tufts University|Tufts University
field nutrigenomics shows tremendous promise improved understanding effects dietary intake health knowledge metabolic pathways may altered individuals genetic variants presence certain dietary exposures offers great potential personalized nutrition advice however although considerable resources gone improving technology measurement genome biological systems dietary intake assessment remains inadequate methods currently used limitations may exaggerated context gene nutrient interaction large multiethnic studies specificity gene nutrient interactions valid data needed nutrient intakes individual level statistical adjustment efforts designed improve estimates nutrient intake distributions populations unlikely solve problem improved method direct measurement individual usual dietary intake unbiased across populations urgently needed