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Obesity, currently affecting more than one third of all adults in the United States, is a complex disease with a multifactorial etiology involving genetic and environmental factors. Public health prevention programs designed to reduce the risk and occurrence of obesity and overweight commonly focuses on modifiable environments and behaviors such as diet and physical activity with varied results among...
Despite the promise of exercise genomics, work translating this knowledge into practice has proceeded slowly. The contributors to this volume are leading researchers in exercise genomics. The topics addressed by these experts include fundamental concepts (Chap. 1) and statistical and methodological considerations (Chap. 2) in exercise genomics, and the exercise genomics of physical activity (Chap...
Background The incidence of CVD is decreasing in spite of increasing BMI in the population. We examined trends in metabolic health among overweight and obese individuals and the influence of lifestyle and socioeconomic status. Six cross sectional population surveys in the Northern Sweden MONICA Study between 1986 and 2009. 8 874 subjects 25 to 64 years participated (74% participation rate). Metabolic...
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