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Knowledge and Perception of Nutritional Genomics Among Registered Dietitian Nutritionists.

Shiyab, Amy S
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1563187321042113

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2019, MS, Kent State University, College of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Health Sciences.
Non-communicable diseases (NCD) are projected to cause 2.4 million deaths by 2025 unless urgent action is taken (World Health Organization, 2018). In an effort to decrease diet related NCD prevalence, nutrition interventions have been widely accepted as a resource for the prevention of long-term health conditions. Nutritional genomics is the study of how food affects a person’s genes, and how a person’s genes affects the way the body responds to food at a molecular level. The field aims to understand how a healthy, but also personalized diet can be used to prevent, mitigate, or cure NCDs (Tarantola, 2018). However, previous studies have shown low level of knowledge and perception among health care professionals on genetic testing. With RDNs considered to be the best qualified healthcare providers when it comes to nutritional genomics (Cormier et al, 2014), the current study aimed to examine the knowledge and perception of registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs) on nutritional genomics. The participants of the study were registered dietician nutritionists actively registered with the Commission on Dietetic Registration. One sample t-test was used to compute average mean knowledge scores and perceptions levels. Genetic knowledge scores were computer as percent mean and perception levels were scaled to a five-point Likert scale where 1 indicated strong disagreement with perception statements, and 5 indicated strong agreement with perception statements. Our findings revealed an overall low genetic knowledge score at 46%, yet a slightly positive perception level towards nutritional genomics (3.66).
Eun-Jeong Ha (Advisor)
Natalie Caine-Bish (Committee Member)
Jamie Matthews (Committee Member)
172 p.
Nutrition
Genomics, Nutritional Genomics, Nutrigenomics, Nutrigenetics, Genetics, Genetic testing, chronic disease, non-communicable disease, genes, knowledge, perception

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  • Shiyab, A. S. (2019). Knowledge and Perception of Nutritional Genomics Among Registered Dietitian Nutritionists. [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1563187321042113

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Shiyab, Amy. Knowledge and Perception of Nutritional Genomics Among Registered Dietitian Nutritionists. 2019. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1563187321042113.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Shiyab, Amy. "Knowledge and Perception of Nutritional Genomics Among Registered Dietitian Nutritionists." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1563187321042113

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