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Trends in Personalized Nutrition

  • 1st Edition - May 23, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Charis M. Galanakis
  • Language: English

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Description

Trends in Personalized Nutrition explores the topic of personalized nutrition from multiple angles, addressing everything from consumer acceptance, to policies and cognitive dissonance. Sections in the book cover epigenetics, nutrigenomics, predicting glycemic response, and metabolomics and the role of bacteria. In addition, the book explores diet, obesity and personalized nutrition for athletes, women, and infants and children, along with a section on the role of modern technology in the promotion of personalized nutrition. Nutritionists, food technologists, food chemists, new product developers, academics, and researchers and physicians working in the field of nutrition will find this to be a great reference.

Key features

  • Addresses consumer acceptance, policies and cognitive dissonance in nutrition
  • Discusses epigenetics, nutrigenomics, how to predict glycemic response, and metabolomics and the role of bacteria
  • Explores diet and obesity
  • Considers personalized nutrition for athletes, women, infants and children
  • Contemplates the role of modern technology in personalized nutrition

Readership

Nutritionists, food technologists, food chemists, new product developers, researchers and physicians working in the nutrition field, academics

Table of contents

Section A: Insights of personalized nutrition

1. Introduction to personalized nutrition

2. Nutrigenomics for personalized nutrition

3. Epigenetics and Personalized nutrition

4. Personalized nutrition by predicting glycemic responses

5. Metabolomics and personalized nutrition

6. The role of bacteria in personalized nutrition

7. Cognitive dissonance in nutrition

8. Modern technologies for personalized nutrition

Section B: Applications of personalized nutrition

9. Trends, insights and approaches to diet and obesity

10. Personalized nutrition for women, infants, and the child population

11. Personalized nutrition for athletes

Section C: Policy and commercialization of personalized nutrition

12. Consumer acceptance of personalized nutrition

13. Creating policies for personalized nutrition

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 24, 2019
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Charis M. Galanakis

Charis M. Galanakis is a multidisciplinary scientist in agricultural sciences as well as food and environmental science, technology, and sustainability, with experience in both industry and academia. He is the research and innovation director of Galanakis Laboratories in Chania, Greece, an adjunct professor of King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the director of Food Waste Recovery Group (SIG5) of ISEKI Food Association in Vienna, Austria. He pioneered the new discipline of food waste recovery and has established the most prominent innovation network in the field. He also serves as a senior consultant for the food industry and expert evaluator for international and regional funded programs and proposals. He is an editorial board member of Food and Bioproducts Processing, Food Research International, and Foods, has edited over 45 books, and has published hundreds of research articles, reviews, monographs, chapters, and conference proceedings.
Affiliations and expertise
Galanakis Laboratories, Chania, Greece

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