Precision Nutrition: The Science and Promise of Personalized Nutrition and Health organizes and integrates information on the diverse special areas of scientific expertise involved in Precision Nutrition in order to inform health professionals and inspire researchers to advance this field while applying the general principles into health care and medical research now.

Broken into three sections, this book addresses the fundamentals of precision nutrition, applications of precision nutrition in health and disease, and the future directions of precision nutrition.

Nutrition scientists, geneticists, physicians, dietitians, postdoctoral fellows, and epidemiologists seeking to understand Precision Nutrition will benefit from this timely reference.


Applies precision nutrition to diet and lifestyle conditions, including heart disease, diabetes and cancer
Identifies future aspects of precision nutrition utilizing AI, machine learning and superfast computers
Outlines promising areas of research

Section 1: Fundamentals of Precision Nutrition

1. Nutrient Analysis: The First Step in Precision Nutrition

2. Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics

3. Chrononutrition and Precision Nutrition

4. Epigenetics and Modification of Gene Expression in Metabolism

5. The Role of Metabolomics Profiles in Precision Nutrition

6. The Microbiome, Metabolism, and Networks in Precision Nutrition

7. Phenotyping, Body Composition, and Precision Nutrition

8. Integration of Multiple Big Data Sources for Modeling Precision Nutrition

Section 2: Applications of Precision Nutrition in Health and Disease

9. Future Visions of Personalized and Precision Nutrition

10. Precision Nutrition and Cardiovascular Diseases

11. Precision Nutrition in Diabetes

12. Precision Nutrition, Epigenome, and Male Reproductive Health

13. Precision Nutrition in Female Reproductive Health

14. Precision Nutrition in Aging and Brain Health

15. Precision Nutrition and Cancer

16. Precision Nutrition in Allergy and Immune Function

17. Precision Nutrition and Obesity

18. Precision Nutrition in Exercise and Sports Performance

19. Precision Nutrition and Minority Health Disparities

Section 3: The Future Directions of Precision Nutrition

20. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Precision Nutrition

21. Point of care genomics, proteomics, biomarkers, and precision nutrition

22.The Role of Cooking and Spices on Food Composition

23. Balancing Public Health/Population Nutrition and Precision Nutrition in the Development of Dietary Guidelines