Eating and Feeding Behavior: Exploring Phenotypes and Influencing Outcomes

今年，这个项目的重点是反复建立和评估虚拟现实技术的使用，向个人传授与基因-环境相互作用在饮食行为中的作用相关的概念。评估该项目使用的教育材料的数据已在互联网调查中分几波收集；2份手稿正在印刷中，1份已出版，另外的手稿准备工作正在进行中。完成了虚拟现实体验的用户测试。这项研究的其他阶段已经准备好开始。 在一个基于Twitter的项目中，我们还使用定量内容分析评估了社区成员和公众在考虑营养遗传学/块基因组学时遇到的信息环境。根据这一分析得出的论文正在审查中。

This year, this project focused on iteratively building and evaluating the use of virtual reality technology to teach individuals concepts related to the role of gene-environment interaction in eating behaviors. Data to evaluate the educational materials to be used in this project have been collected in internet-based surveys in several waves; 2 manuscripts are in press, 1 published, and additional manuscript preparation is underway. User testing of the virtual reality experience was completed. Additional stages of this study are ready to begin. In a Twitter-based project we also evaluated the information environment that community members and members of the public encounter when considering nutrigenetics/nugrigenomics using quantitative content analysis. The paper resulting form this analysis is under review.