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Originally Posted by Rachel C. Dechenne  I believe in the big potential that such convergent technologies have: mainly to dictinguish between misleading health claims and substantiated health claims made on functional foods. I also think that it can offer an additional incentive to convince the public that the simple message of "eat more fruit and vegs and less fat" is still the best one  . On the other hand, the pharma food trend reenforces the weight of false solutions or quick fix. I don't mind companies investing their profits in such technologies but finding  (MSc Study see my blog) that a lot of it is sponsored by the government ( US and EU) at huge costs while the first beneficiaries are not the people needing the technology most, make me question the "healthwash " surrounding the nutrigenomics phenomenon  . |
Very good points.
What I would like to see from genomics in the future is getting people on diets that will combat the likely diseases one is suseptible to, and obesity as well (for those that are pre-disposed).
There was a great piece on genomics that Obesity Discussion posted within a report called Healthcast 2020. Done by the healthcare consulting group at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Definitely worth the read.
Amazing PricewaterhouseCoopers report on the grim future of healthcare in the US
Oh, and welcome to the site
