Sports, Exercise, and Nutritional Genomics: Current Status and Future Directions - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128161930 ISBN 13: 9780128161937

Publisher: Academic Press, 2019

Synopsis

Sports, Exercise, and Nutritional Genomics: Current Status and Future Directions is the first reference volume to offer a holistic examination of omics-driven advances across different aspects of exercise and sports physiology, biochemistry, sports medicine, psychology, anthropology, and sports nutrition; and highlighting the opportunities towards advance personalized training and athlete health management. More than 70 international experts from 14 countries have discussed key exercise and sport-related themes through the prism of genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, telomere biology, talent in sport, individual differences in response to regular physical activity, that in the future may empower coaches, sports physicians, fitness experts, genetic counselors, and translational scientists to employ various omics data and approaches in improving health and physical performance of people participating in sports and exercise activities.

Contributors address current knowledge of genetic influence on athletic performance, individual responses to exercise training, as well as the genetics of musculoskeletal phenotypes, exercise-related injuries, flexibility, and neurodegenerative disorders in athletes.

Finally, performance-related and psychological traits associated with epigenetic, transcriptomic and metagenomic biomarkers are also considered, along with nutritional and pharmacogenomic aids in sports medicine and personalized nutrition.

• Effectively synthesizes key themes across molecular aspects of exercise and sports sciences
• Provides a knowledge base for future translation of omics solutions to talent identification, individualized training, and nutrition
• Features contributions from international experts (researchers and clinicians) in the subject area

About this title

About the Authors

Dr. Debmalya Barh is currently a Visiting Full Professor (Titular, Grade-E) in Bioinformatics and Precision Health at the Department of Genetics, Ecology, and Evolution, ICB, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil and honorary scientist of the Institute of Integrative Omics and Applied Biotechnology (IIOAB), India. With over 20 years of experience, he has led academic, healthcare, molecular diagnostic, and bioinformatics industry endeavors. He works with more than 400 scientists from 100+ top ranked organizations across 40+ countries and has 220+ publications and a branded editor for 10+ cutting-edge omics related reference books. He is an expert in in precision/personalized health and integrative omics-based biomarker and target discovery in infectious and complex lifestyle diseases.

Senior lecturer in Genetics and Epigenetics of the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He worked for 15 years in the top research centers of sport science in Russia, collected DNA samples of more than 8000 professional athletes, and published over 150 peer-referred research papers in journals. Dr. Ahmetov’s main research areas include exercise and sports genomics, exercise biochemistry and physiology, behavioral genetics, nutrigenetics, sports medicine, and genetics of obesity. His group was the first to publish a genome-wide association study on athletic performance. Dr. Ahmetov is a member of the Steering Committee of the Athlome Consortium. In addition, he is an associate editor of the journal Biology of Sport.

From the Back Cover

In recent years, genomic technologies have enabled scientists to identify biomarkers supporting the translation of personalized fitness, sports medicine, and nutrition into clinical practice.

Sports, Exercise, and Nutritional Genomics is the first reference volume to offer a holistic examination of genomics-driven advances across sports medicine, exercise physiology, and nutrition, synthesizing key themes from these fields and highlighting opportunities to advance personalized medicine and athlete health management. International experts discuss possible therapeutic strategies and next steps in research, empowering physicians, fitness experts, genetic counselors, and translational scientists to employ genomic data in improving patient fitness, interpreting genomic test results, and advancing new studies in exercise and nutrition genomics across diverse populations.

Contributors address current knowledge of individualized exercise response in athletic performance, as well as the genetics of musculoskeletal exercise-related phenotypes; exercise-related injury, fat loss, and flexibility; and neurodegenerative and cardiovascular disorders in athletes. Traits associated with epigenetic, transcriptomic, and metagenomic biomarkers are also considered, along with direct-to-consumer genetic testing and ethical aspects of employing genomic data and pharmacogenomic aids in sports medicine and personalized nutrition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0128161930
• ISBN 13: 9780128161937
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 606
• Editor: Barh MSc MTech MPhil PhD Debmalya, Ahmetov PhD Ildus I.