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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"obesity and diabetes"”.

  1. Prevention of Childhood Obesity and Diabetes

    Carig, Karen2020

    … concerns that have been on the rise is childhood obesity and diabetes. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey indicate that approximately one-third of children in the United States are overweight or obese with 17% meeting criteria for obesity (Pulgaron and Delamater, 2014). This …

    usfca Repository record

  2. Genetics of Obesity and Diabetes in the IRAS Family Study

    Proctor, AlexandriaWake Forest University2009

    The prevalence of diabetes and obesity in the United States and abroad makes these common diseases a leading health concern. Research involving the discovery of genes contributing to these diseases is great public health importance. Identification of a gene and/or genes that contribute to the …

    wfu Repository record

  3. Renal Cannabinoid Receptor Expression and Function: Their Role in Obesity and Diabetes

    Jenkin, KayteVictoria University2014

    Obesity and diabetes are clearly established independent risk factors for renal disease. Therapeutic targets have been investigated for their role in treating obesity and diabetic associated renal damage. The endocannabinoid system is an important endogenous lipid signalling system known to mediate …

    vu-aus Repository record

  4. Obesity and Diabetes: Evaluating the Impact of Promotores as a Prevention and Intervention Strategy in the Latino Community

    Castaneda, Jessica2017

    <p>This paper aims to examine obesity and diabetes among the Latino population as a health problem. As the largest minority racial group in the U.S, Latino rates of obesity and diabetes are greatly higher than whites. The prevalence of obesity in Latinos is 45% compared to that of whites at 34.5% …

    usfca Repository record

  5. Aib(2)oxyntomodulin Peptide Molecular Self-Assembly: Smart Nanostructures Toward Long Acting Formulation for Obesity and Diabetes Type 2

    Mohammad Karim, AlirezaUniversity of Cambridge2022

    Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and obesity are the most prevalent metabolic complications in the world. Previous studies have revealed that dual agonist gut hormone, oxyntomodulin (Oxm), has a promising beneficial role to treat obesity and T2DM through suppressing the food intake, raising the …

    cambridge Repository record

  6. A simple and effective model to study insulin resistance in obesity and diabetes and the processes and mechanisms of in vitro aging using lymphocyte culture

    Tu, KeyinRice University1994

    Cell culture provides a simple and effective system to study metabolic and cellular processes required for cellular growth in vitro. In this study, we demonstrate that lymphocyte culture can be used as a model system to study the mechanism of insulin resistance (obesity/diabetes) as well as the …

    rice Repository record

  7. Childhood Obesity Fieldwork Summary Report: The Food Education Project

    Vasquez, Maria De Rosario2014

    <p>Childhood Obesity and diabetes is on the rise and the health risk for developing various diseases is a major public health issue. This paper examines the public health issue on childhood obesity and diabetes. This paper explains the importance and magnitude of this problem by providing …

    usfca Repository record

  8. Obesity, Diabetes, and Disability in Older Mexican Americans, 1993-2011

    Nam, Sang gonThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston2016

    Increases in obesity have been observed in both men and women, for all age groups and major ethnic groups, and at all educational levels. However, in Mexican Americans, the increased level of obesity only partially accounts for their higher prevalence of diabetes compared with non-Hispanic Whites. …

    utmb Repository record

  9. Diabetes and Obesity Induce Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Changes Enhancing Pancreatic Cancer Aggressiveness

    Velázquez Torres, Guermarie2015

    … that lacks effective diagnostic markers and therapies. It is expected that in 2014 the incidence and the mortality of pancreatic cancer in the United States will be 46,420 and 39,590 respectively. Diabetes and obesity are modifiable risk factors associated with accelerated pancreatic …

    uthsc Repository record

  10. The Impact of Health Education Among Communities w/ The Food Education Project: Exploring Healthy Eating to Modify Health Behaviors Among Youth, A Primary Intervention

    Aguilar, Cheryl S2017

    <p>Obesity and diabetes among adults and children remains a public health concern. Rates of obesity among both demographics are slowly increasing. A plethora of research is available that unveils demographics of those who are at risk of obesity and diabetes. Barriers to healthy eating have also …

    usfca Repository record

  11. The effect of circadian regulation and sleep disruption on metabolic homeostasis

    Morton, Sarah J., author, Broussard, Josiane L., advisor, Hickey, Matthew S., committee member, Dinenno, Frank A., committee member, Bergman, Bryan C., committee member, Prenni, Jessica E., committee memberColorado State University. Libraries2022

    Sleep and circadian disruption are ubiquitous in modern society. While the National Sleep Foundation recommends adults sleep 7-9 hours per night, the average sleep duration of American adults has decreased from ~8.8 hours to ~6.8 hours over the last century, with 1 in 3 people report sleeping fewer …

    colostate Repository record

  12. From Flies to Mice: Drosophila as a Model System to Study Fat Biology

    Suh, Jaemyoung2010

    … species ranging from invertebrates to mammals and are essential for many aspects of the animal life cycle. Fat biology has taken on a new and urgent importance as it is intimately linked to one of the most prevelant and costly health problems of our time - obesity. Model organisms are a …

    utswmed Repository record

  13. As the Crow Flies: An Underrepresentation of Food Deserts in the Rural Appalachian Mountains

    Richards, Kasie2012

    <p>Diet and dietary related health outcomes such as obesity and diabetes are major public health concerns. While personal choice and dietary behaviors are major influences on how an individual eats, the environment influences these choices and behaviors. The nutrition environment is one key …

    etsu Repository record

  14. Interventions against obesity through increased lipolysis in adipose tissue

    Richardson, Dawn K.Aston University2002

    Obesity is a disease of excess adiposity affecting> 17% of men and >20% of women in Britain. Clinically, it is defined by a Body Mass Index (BMI, kg/m2) of 2:30. Obesity is a confounding factor that promotes insulin resistance, hyperinsulinaemia and type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes accounts for …

    aston Repository record

  15. Hit Identification for PKCζ Inhibitors: Structure-Based Optimization, Virtual Screening, and Biological Evaluation

    Wu, Xiaoxin2016

    … some diseases, including inflammatory diseases, obesity and diabetes. Hit identification of PKCζ inhibitors was conducted by structure-based modification, virtual screening and biological evaluation. Among all the compounds selected and synthesized, compound JW-1-60A showed moderate activity …

    tenn-hsc Repository record

  16. Investigating the Relationship between Markers of Ageing and Cardiometabolic Disease

    Wright, Daniel JohnUniversity of Cambridge2018

    … is accompanied by characteristic metabolic and endocrine changes, including altered hormone profiles, insulin resistance and deterioration of skeletal muscle. Obesity and diabetes may themselves drive an accelerated ageing phenotype. Untangling the causal web between ageing, obesity and …

    cambridge Repository record

  17. Measuring insulin sensitivity and the effect of alternative dietary interventions and exercise on metabolic control

    Solomon, Thomas Phillip JamesUniversity of Birmingham2007

    … syndrome is highly prevalent in western society, and the numbers affected by obesity and diabetes continue to rise. This thesis reviews the mechanisms at play and the gaps in the literature that, if filled, may increase knowledge of treatment regimes for affected individuals. Experimentally, it …

    birmingham Repository record

  18. A STATISTICAL EXPLANATION OF THE EFFECT OF SOCIO-POLITICAL IDEOLOGY ON BLACK AMERICAN HEALTH

    Lipford, Kristie J.2014

    … incidence rates in conditions like hypertension, obesity, and diabetes in given populations do suggest that cultural factors influence morbidity. But rarely does research examine how political culture affects health. I investigate this relationship using four waves of the National Survey of Black …

    siu-theses Repository record

  19. Statistical Approaches to Estimate Bidirectional and Time-Varying Causal Effects Using Mendelian Randomization

    Zou, Jinhao, <p>0000-0002-0710-9581</p>2025

    <p>Mendelian Randomization (MR) is an epidemiological framework using genetic variants as instrumental variables (IVs) to examine the causal effect of an exposure on an outcome. It is widely used to detect causal factors of diseases and provide insight into the biological pathway of diseases. …

    uthsc Repository record

  20. Lipotoxicity in smooth muscle

    Mattern, Heather M., 1979-University of Missouri--Columbia2006

    Atherosclerosis and bladder dysfunction can both result from the high lipid levels that occur with obesity and diabetes and can cause cell dysfunction and death, termed lipotoxicity, in various cell types. However, lipotoxicity has not been shown in smooth muscle. The goal of this dissertation was …

    missouri Repository record

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