The aim of new technologies, such as the PREVENTOMICS interventional studies, is often to improve health outcomes. However, these technologies might also incur costs. By combining these costs and benefits in a cost-effectiveness analysis, we can see how much money will have to be spent to achieve a particular health outcome. The results of this…
In recent years, the prevalence of overweight/obesity has been increasing in our societies. This worldwide and “modern” disease makes us more prone to suffer from other pathologies such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic syndrome, depression, gastrointestinal disorders and chronic pain. More concretely, when the combination of obesity and pain appear, thus worsen the patient’s functional…
May personalised medicine rings you a bell; it is an “emerging practice of medicine that uses an individual’s genetic profile to guide decisions made regarding the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease” according to the National Human Genome Research Institute. As we are deeply entering into a new personalisation era in medical terms spurred by…
The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton conducted a study to identify whether tailored dietary advice is superior to usual dietetic advice in promoting a reduction in waist circumference, weight loss, body fat and favourable changes in metabolism in individuals with overweight and obesity. We interviewed Dr Ella Baker, research fellow, and Dr…
Worldwide obesity is a public health problem, and despite all the strategies implemented to revert the situation, no suitable solution has been found yet. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), globally, in 2016, more than 1,900 million adults were overweight and over 650 million were obese. [1] Obesity is associated with decreased life expectancy…
Sustainability plays an increasingly important role in the buying habits of modern customers. As international active retailers, we reach millions of people of all ages, social classes, and educational backgrounds. ALDI aims to leverage this potential to make a positive contribution to sustainability and enable all customers to consume responsibly and with a clear conscience…
The market has a wide range of mobile applications related to food, nutrition, well-being and e-health. These new technologies aid prevention and, follow-up and health management and lifestyle. But one of the biggest challenges in preventing the generalised use of personalised nutrition is data collection. The data most difficult to obtain is daily intake of…
In recent years, the use of metabolomics (the “–omics” science that measures the set of small molecules present in biospecimens) has allowed the identification of new and robust biomarkers of food or nutrient intake, which give a more objective measure of exposure than self-reported methods1. Accurate measurement of food consumption is crucial to understanding the…
Changes in lifestyle, including improper nutrition and inadequate physical activity, have resulted in the epidemic of non – infectious diseases being a cause of several health problems, and even death. Functional food influences specific functions of the organism, providing (beyond basic nutrition) additional health benefits and remedies for some diseases, following the addition / concentration…
Relations between diet and nutrigenomic is becoming more and important in nutrition practice. “The discovery of these interactions (gene-nutrient) will aid the prescription of customised diets according to each individual’s genotype (1)”. Genetics-based personalised nutrition allows individuals to follow a diet shaped according his/her genes and his/her body responds to food and this approach can…