Review article
https://doi.org/10.2478/10004-1254-63-2012-2244
Obesity: Genome and Environment Interactions
Martina Bašić
; Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Butorac
; Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Irena Landeka Jurčević
; Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Višnja Bačun-Družina
orcid.org/0000-0002-1140-4882
; Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Obesity has become one of the major threats for public health in industrialised world among adults, but also among adolescents and children. It is influenced by the interaction of genes, nutrition, environment, and lifestyle. Environmental and lifestyle risk factors include foetal and lifelong environment, nutrient quality, chemical and microbial exposure, and psychical stress, all of which are important contributing influences. Removing or limiting chemical and pharmaceutical obesogens from human environment could make a difference in the growing epidemic of obesity. Additionally, nutrigenomics describes how modifications in individual diets can improve health and prevent chronic diseases, as well as obesity, by understanding the effects of a genetic profile in the interaction between food and increase in body weight. Furthermore, individual genetic variations in genome represent an individual′s predisposition for obesity. Therefore, the use of individual genetic information, avoiding obesogens, and a healthy lifestyle could help to improve the management of obesity and maintain a healthy weight.
Keywords
genes; nutrigenomics; nutrition; obesogens
Hrčak ID:
86909
URI
Publication date:
25.9.2012.
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