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. 2022 Oct 2;14(19):4104. doi: 10.3390/nu14194104

Table 1.

Summary characteristics of the included studies (N = 9).

Study, Country Study Population;
Mean Age (Years)
Intervention Focus Duration of Intervention Intervention Setting; Provider Genotype Assessed
Grant et al. [16]
USA
108 overweight adults
57.9 ± 10.6
Diabetes prevention behaviors 12 weeks Primary care Certified genetic counselor, dietitian A sum of 36 SNPs a
Hietaranta-Luoma et al. [17]
Finland
107 healthy adults
47.0 ± 12.1
Lifestyle 1 year Online Nutritionist, physician ApoE
Nielson and El-Sohemy [18]
Canada
138 healthy adults
26.5 ± 3.0
Dietary intake 3 and 12 months Online Nutrigenomix Inc. CYP1A2, GSTT1 and GSTM1, Tas1R2, ACE
Frankwich et al. [19]
USA
51 obese veterans
48.4 ± 2.6 (GT group); 54.6 ± 2.7 (ST group)
Weight loss 8 weeks Weight management clinic Multidisciplinary team FIT test b
Food4Me [20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28]
7 European countries
1607 adults
39.8 ± 13.1
Dietary and diet quality, physical activity, anthropometry, biomarkers changes 6 months Online Nutritionists and dietitians FTO, FADS1, TCF7L2, ApoE Ɛ4 and MTHFR
Roke et al. [29]
Canada
57 young adult females
22.0 ± 1.5
Dietary intake of omega-3 fatty acids 12 weeks University campus
University research team
FADS1
Almeida et al. [30]
Canada
55 healthy adults
45.8 ± 5.8
Overall dietary changes 9 weeks Online Dietitian Clustered gene testing c
Doets et al. [31]
Netherlands
59 older adults
67.7 ± 4.8
Lifestyle 9 weeks Online N/A FTO, TCF7L2, FADS1, VDR Taq1, ACE and GDF5
Horne et al. [32]
Canada
140 overweight adults
56.4 ± 12.1 (GLB group); 53.5 ± 13.6 (GLB + NGx group)
Overall dietary changes 12 months Primary care
Dietitian
UCP1, FTO, TCF7L2, APOA2, PPARγ2 and MC4R

a summary genetic risk score calculated from 36 successfully genotyped risk alleles previously associated with type 2 diabetes; b a set of SNPs in genes important for obesity, eating behaviors, and exercise; c gene tests included 5 evidence-based components (diet management, weight response, food tolerances, food taste and preference, and vitamins, minerals, and essential fats).