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Polygenic scores, diet quality, and type 2 diabetes risk

NewsBy Nutrigenomics Institute June 27, 2022 Leave a comment

Polygenic scores, diet quality, and type 2 diabetes risk: An observational study among 35,759 adults from 3 US cohorts Background Both genetic and lifestyle factors contribute to the risk of type 2 diabetes, but the extent to which there is a synergistic effect of the 2 factors is unclear. The aim of this study…

Obesity is the main risk factor for type 2 diabetes, study finds

NewsBy Nutrigenomics Institute June 30, 2020 Leave a comment

Type 2 diabetes has attained staggering levels worldwide. In Mexico alone, around 12.8 million adults have been diagnosed with diabetes. The figures in the rest of Latin America and Europe are also high and increasing. In the United States, 30 million people suffer from this condition. And that happens in the western world.…