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Genetic Nutrition

Genetic nutrition is the field at the intersection of genetics and nutrition that studies how an individual's genetic makeup influences nutrient requirements, metabolism, and response to diet, and reciprocally how dietary components affect gene expression and genome function. It comprises nutrigenetics, which examin…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 7 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 18× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2379-7835 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Genetic nutrition is the field at the intersection of genetics and nutrition that studies how an individual's genetic makeup influences nutrient requirements, metabolism, and response to diet, and reciprocally how dietary components affect gene expression and genome function. It comprises nutrigenetics, which examines how inherited variants such as single-nucleotide polymorphisms modify the way people absorb, metabolize, and respond to specific nutrients, and nutrigenomics, which investigates how foods and bioactive constituents regulate transcription and downstream metabolic pathways. A closely related dimension is nutritional epigenetics, in which diet-driven DNA methylation, histone modification, and non-coding RNA alter gene activity without changing the underlying sequence, sometimes with effects across the life course and generations. Research relevant to this area considers the interplay of epigenetics and nutrition, the influence of diet on conditions with metabolic and inflammatory components, the contribution of the gut microbiota to nutrient handling and host metabolism, and the metabolic responses to defined dietary patterns such as high-fat or high-protein intake. The applied goal is personalized or precision nutrition, in which dietary guidance is tailored to genetic and metabolic profiles to optimize health and reduce disease risk. The topic integrates molecular genetics, biochemistry, and nutritional science to explain individual variation in diet-related outcomes.

Research published in this journal

7 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2015

Epigenetics and Nutrition

Lundstrom KennethCorresponding author
PanTherapeuitcs, Rue des Remparts 4, CH1095 Lutry, Switzerland
International Journal of Nutrition Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-14-603
2016

Obesity and Asthma: Nutrition Risk Factors In Adolescents

Jobim Benedetti FrancelianeCorresponding author
Nutritionist, Master’s Graduate Program in Health child and adolescent in Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and Professor Graduate in Centro Univeritário Franciscano.
International Journal of Nutrition doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-15-770

How this research is being cited

The 7 articles above have been cited 18 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Nutrition (ISSN 2379-7835).

Journal editorial board
Kadri Koppel · United States Alicja Kuban-Jankowska · Poland Luigia Pazzagli · Italy

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