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Genetic epidemiology of obesity.
Epidemiologic reviews - 1 Jan 2007
Yang Wenjie, Kelly Tanika, He Jiang
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Obesity has become a global epidemic and contributes to the increasing burden of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, some types of cancer, and premature death worldwide. Obesity is highly heritable and arises from the interactions of multiple genes, environmental factors, and behavior. In this paper, the authors reviewed recent developments in genetic epidemiologic research, focusing particularly on...
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