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Published in: Journal of Translational Medicine 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Editorial

State of art and science advances on nutrition and nutrigenetics in nutrition-related non-communicable diseases in Middle East

Authors: Laura Soldati, Abdelhamid Kerkadi, Paul Amuna, Annalisa Terranegra

Published in: Journal of Translational Medicine | Issue 1/2015

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Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) account for more than 60 per cent of global deaths annually [1] and this is estimated to increase exponentially by 2025 if present trends continue. In the last decades, Science of Nutrition became relevant, not only for the body fitness and aesthetics, but also for the healthy. In fact, Nutrition-Related Non-Communicable Diseases (NR-NCDs) are pathologies like diabetes, hypertension, obesity, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome and cancers, where nutrition has a major role in both prevention and therapy. …
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Title
State of art and science advances on nutrition and nutrigenetics in nutrition-related non-communicable diseases in Middle East
Authors
Laura Soldati
Abdelhamid Kerkadi
Paul Amuna
Annalisa Terranegra
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Journal of Translational Medicine / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1479-5876
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-015-0390-7

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