Nutrigenomics: Ethics of Personalized Nutrition

1. ETHICS OF PERSONALIZED
NUTRITION

2. Introduction
 In personalized nutrition, Food plays a major
role in human health by preventing or
accelerate risk for diseases(CVD, Cancer or
allergy).
 Diet should be choose on their genetic profile
which has an impact on diet induced diseases.

3.  Personalize Nutrition focuses on individual
health rather than public health by choosing
food.
 It prejudges an individualized policy and may
faced with many difficulties in research
outcomes.
 Sometimes, it may raise many ethical issues.

4. Aspects Of Personalized Nutrition
Complex relationship between the genetic
makeup of individual and food intake.
Screening and testing of an individual to find
the development of risk.
Personalized advice from professional for
health lifestyle.
Innovative products (food or drugs) of
nutrigenomics research.

5. 3 Main Ethical Issues
Relationship
between food
and health
Relationship
between
personalized
and public
health
nutrition.
Personalized
nutrition for
consumer.

6. FOOD DRUGS
 Everyone’s choice
 Less side effects
 Choices for multiple
reasons
 Freely available
 Tested for safety
 Only for ill
 Severe side effects
 Chosen only for cure
 Only by prescription
 Tested for efficacy
and safety
1.Relationship b/w Food and Health(Drugs)

7. Factors Determine Food Preference
Genetic
factors
Social &
cultural
factors
Bodily history
Personal
historical
factors
Depends on
family and
organizational
values
Depends on sense
organs which are
part of food choices
Family history and
present condition of
meal, body , and
tasting.
Depends on genetic
makeup , diet
cannot changeable
E.g. Taste
development

8. 2. Relationship b/w personalized & public
food policy
 Socio economic status and health expectancy
are strongly linked.
 Rich always prefer to personalized nutrition
and have more opportunities to look after
their health.
 For low income people, governmental policies
such as International Public Health(WHO)
aims to improve their health.

9. 3. Personalized Nutrition for consumers
 The scientific peculiarities of PN and Nutrigenomics
has impact on genetic profiles, genome and
environments. E.g. Diet and lifestyle changes
 Ethical issues on PN
1. Protection of privacy
2. Misuse of information
3. Regulation of health claims
4. Balance of personal and social responsibility.

10. Concept of Ethics
 The aim is to encourage and invite customers
and patients to take part in consultation to
given the opportunity to tell their narratives,
interests, and anxieties.
 Not to protect again professional powers.
 Aims in protection of consumers from all
ethical issues.

11. FUTURE PERSPECTIVE
 First issue to be settled for the future of
nutrigenomics is the relationship between
food and Health (drug).
 Second for the relation of public health Vs.
personalized nutrition requires a balance
between solidarity and individual autonomy.
 Governmental policies should allow research
agendas by both personalized nutrition and
common nutritional issues.

12. THANK YOU