ABSTRACT
The aim of this chapter is to background the rise of nutritional genomics, show some existing applications of this still-new science, and briey visit current challenges and future possibilities. As detailed in previous chapters, nutrigenetics seeks to quantify differing nutrient requirements in relation to different genotypes, whereas nutrigenomics reects the impact of nutrients on the expression of genes. These complementary elds have signicant potential for personalizing nutrition to optimize health and wellness, as well as prevent disease, delay its onset, and/or progression. They are also nding increasing utility in the food industry, in revealing previously unexpected properties of new or novel foods or food components among numerous other roles.
