Nutritional genomics is a science studying the relationship between human genome, nutrition and health.It can be divided into two disciplines: Nutrigenetics: studies the effect of genetic variations on the interaction between diet and health with implications to susceptible subgroups. 2  More specifically, nutrigenomics studies how individual differences in genes influence the body's response to diet and nutrition.
Meralgia paresthetica is a condition that causes numbness, pain, or a burning feeling in your outer thigh. You might also hear it called Bernhardt-Roth syndrome. It happens when thereâs too much pressure on or damage to one of the nerves in your leg. In most cases, there are simple ways to treat the condition, such as wearing looser clothing.
Here are a few commonly found causes of pain in upper part of the thigh: Hamstring Injury: One of the major causes behind upper thigh pain is hamstring injury and the resultant muscle pain is felt at the back side of the thigh. The hamstring muscle is a vital thigh muscle which starts from buttock and ends at the back of the knee.