Centre for Society and Genomics (CSG), Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (ISIS), Faculty of Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Biotechnol J. 2010 Sep;5(9):909-12. doi: 10.1002/biot.201000069.
Here we analyze the rise and establishment of nutrigenomics versus nutrition science from a political perspective. We argue that the exceptionalist status of nutrigenomics has been brought about by a carefully orchestrated economy of expectation, enabling the nutrigenomics community to develop its own research agenda that differs significantly from that of nutrition science. Nutrigenomics promotes research specifically directed towards the heterogeneity of dietary guidelines, while nutrition science pursues a public health goal dominated by homogeneous health messages. Through the development of genomic technology and the protective niche created by large global funding initiatives, this heterogeneity-research agenda has been able to develop itself. Those pursuing and supporting it have, through nutrigenomics' economy of expectation, influenced public opinion, and regulatory and political structures dealing with food and health. With many big global nutrigenomics initiatives slowly approaching their end, this article hints at some of the possible political consequences of its economy of expectation and suggests that a "stewardship" of promises and expectations is in order
在这里，我们从政治角度分析营养基因组学与营养科学的兴起与确立。我们认为，营养基因组学的特殊地位是通过精心策划的期望经济带来的，使营养基因组学社区能够制定出与其营养科学显著不同的研究议程。营养基因组学促进了专门针对饮食指南异质性的研究，而营养科学则追求以同质健康信息为主导的公共健康目标。通过基因组技术的发展和大型全球资助计划创造的保护利基，这种异质性研究议程得以发展。那些追求和支持它的人，通过营养基因组学的期望经济，影响了公众舆论以及处理食品和健康的监管和政治结构。随着许多大型全球营养基因组学计划逐渐接近尾声，本文暗示了其期望经济可能带来的一些政治后果，并提出应该对承诺和期望进行“管理”。
