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As we stated in Chapter 5, two of three main areas of ethical concern connected with nutrigenomics are the relationship between public or social health and nutrition and personalized or individualized health and nutrition and the relation between food and health. Efficacy reasons (Lang and Heasman, 2005, 118) or ethical reasons (UKPHA, 2004) are called upon to support public health policies.
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Korsmeyer, 2002; Korsmeyer doesn’t take into account the personal history of tasting in listing factors that determine food preferences, p. 82, 98.
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Korthals, M. (2011). Prevention of Obesity and Personalized Nutrition: Public and Private Health. In: Korthals, M. (eds) Genomics, Obesity and the Struggle over Responsibilities. The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0127-4_13
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