Genomics, Obesity and the Struggle over Responsibilities

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Korthals, Michiel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics, 18
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Human genetics.; Ethics.; Public health.; Human Genetics.; Public Health.

This volume addresses the overlapping aspects of the fields of genomics, obesity and (food) ethics. It is unique in its examination of the implications of genomics for obesity from an ethical perspective. Genomics covers the sciences and technologies involved in the pathways that DNA takes until the...