title: Introducing nutritional genomics teaching in undergraduate dietetic curricula.
abstract: Nutritional genomics offers great promise to personal health management based on the understanding of the relationship between diet, gene expression and health outcomes. Our readiness to deliver nutrigenetic-based nutrition education has been slow due to the complexity of gene-nutrient interaction and interplays between many disciplines such as genetics, nutrition, biostatistics, sociology, law and philosophy in the process. To make a public impact, we must prepare future allied health professionals with knowledge necessary to provide nutrigenetic and nutrigenomic education. We have described here a plan to introduce nutrigenetic and nutrigenomic education in dietetic curricula that may serve as an example for other allied health programs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Texas Woman's University, Denton, USA. CPrasad @ twu.edu
authors.forename: Chandan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: Victorine
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Imrhan
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rew
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004046:Dietetics / Q000193:education*; D054647:Nutrigenomics