Diversity, Body Size and Diabetes: Genetics Without Genotyping |
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| Air date: | Wednesday, May 12, 2004, 3:00:00 PM |
| Category: | Wednesday Afternoon Lectures |
| Description: | An epidemic of obesity and Type 2 diabetes is exploding in the United States and elsewhere. Many scientists are presently searching for genetic causes of obesity and diabetes, in hope of finding targets for treatment and prevention. Meanwhile, epidemiologic studies of geographic differences, time trends, age at onset, ethnic and racial differences offer clues about the role of nature and nurture in the etiology of obesity and of diabetes. The results from epidemiologic studies of different racial and ethnic groups are particularly provocative. Why is obesity, and/or unfavorable body fat distribution, more common among people of color? Why are "the colorless people" more protected for a given weight or body size?
For more information, visit Elizabeth Barrett-Connor The NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series |
| Author: | Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, M.D., University of California School of Medicine |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Rights: | This is a work of the United States Government. No copyright exists on this material. It may be disseminated freely. |
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| CIT File ID: | 12022 |
| CIT Live ID: | 3170 |
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