Obesity: Recent Public Health and Genomic Insights

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Obesity: Recent Public Health and Genomic Insights

Life years lost and lifetime healthcare expenditures associated with diabetes in the U.S., National Health Interview Survey, 1997-2000.
Leung MM, et al. Diabetes Care. 2014 Dec 31. 

Cohort of birth modifies the association between FTO genotype and BMI. 
James Niels Rosenquist, et al. PNAS, December 2014

Gene linked to obesity hasn’t always been a problem, study finds, New York Times, Dec 31, 2014

FTO and obesity: mechanisms of association.
Zhao X, et al. Curr Diab Rep. 2014;14(5):486

Nutritional genomics and metabolomics in obesity and type 2 diabetes. 
Frank B Hu et al. BMC Genomics 2014, 15(Suppl 2):O10

Advances in exercise, fitness, and performance genomics in 2013.
Wolfarth B, et al. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2014;46(5):851-9

Genetic susceptibility to type 2 diabetes and obesity: follow-up of findings from genome-wide association studies.
Basile KJ, et al. Int J Endocrinol. 2014;2014:769671

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