Nutritional Genomics
Nutritional genomics is a science studying the relationship between human genome, nutrition and health. People in the field work toward developing an understanding of how the whole body responds to a food via systems biology, as well as single gene/single food compound relationships.
Background and preventive health
Nutritional science originally emerged as a field that studied individuals lacking certain nutrients and the subsequent effects, such as the disease scurvy which results from a lack of vitamin C. As other diseases closely related to diet (but not deficiency), such as obesity, became more prevalent, nutritional science expanded to cover these topics as well. Yet, although certain disorders may be linked to certain single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) or other localized patterns, variation within a population may yield many more polymorphisms.
Reference
1. "Nutritional genomics", from Wikipedia
