Nutrition and genetic susceptibility to common diseases.

doi:10.1093/ajcn/55.6.1244S

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Nutrition and genetic susceptibility to common diseases.

The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Jun 1992

Motulsky A G

Abstract excerpt

Genetic factors play a role in chronic disease and conditions such as coronary heart disease, hypertension, and obesity. Individual responses to nutritional factors involved in such conditions vary depending upon a person's genetic make-up. The role of individual genes is best understood for the...

Topics

Coronary Disease
Diet
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genetic Variation
Humans
Hyperlipidemia, Familial Combined
Hypertension
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Obesity

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