You eat what you are: Moral dimensions of diets tailored to one's genes

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 557-568

  Meijboom, Franck L B ^a   Verweij, Marcel F ^a   Brom, Frans W A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Food; Genomics; Identity; Tailor made dietary advice

Indexed keywords

DIET; GENOME;

EID: 0347595437     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JAGE.0000004964.85970.8d     Document Type: Article

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