Blar i Faculty of Medicine på emneord "obesity"

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Effects of early feeding on growth velocity and overweight/obesity in a cohort of HIV unexposed South African infants and children

Ramokolo, Vundli; Lombard, Carl; Chhagan, Meera Kurson; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Doherty, Tanya; Goga, Ameena E.; Fadnes, Lars Thore; Zembe, Wanga; Jackson, Debra J.; Van den Broeck, Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-04-02)

Background South Africa has the highest prevalence of overweight/obesity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Assessing the effect of modifiable factors such as early infant feeding on growth velocity and overweight/obesity is therefore ...
The pancreas remembers: epigenetic memory of obesity as subtle, coordinated changes in promoter accessibility

Holt, Eric (Master thesis, 2024-06-03)

Background: Epigenetic memory involves heritable gene expression changes without DNA sequence alterations, impacting cellular functions long after the initial triggers have ceased. The impact of obesity on pancreatic ...