obesity

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Audio News+

6th February 2009

andy haines London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Audio News
Andy Haines

Peter Goodwin and Sarah Maxwell take part in the discussions held in London on the controversial role of the corporate sector in tackling the looming threat to global health of obesity around the world. They also hear how

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Obesity, Car Travel, Climate Change: Linked?+

11th June 2008

phil edwards Obesity, Car Travel, Climate Change: Linked?
Phil Edwards

Phil Edwards, London School of Hyugiene and Tropical Medicine
LSHTM Audio News
Obesity Linked to Motor Transport And Climate Change
Peter Goodwin questions Phil Edwards of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine about “competition between stomachs

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How to Prevent Stomach and Esophageal Cancers?+

26th January 2008

william blot How to Prevent Stomach and Esophageal Cancers?
William Blot

REFERENCE: General Session 1: Cancers of the Esophagus and Stomach
WILLIAM BLOT, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN
Obesity emerged as a key cause of esophageal cancer from data presented by William Blot who told Peter Goodwin about the changing

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The Genetics of Obesity: Genetic Mutation, Possible Marker for Obesity?+

7th February 2007

sadaf farooqi The Genetics of Obesity: Genetic Mutation, Possible Marker for Obesity?

SADAF FAROOQI, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge UK

REFERENCE: N Engl J Med 2007; 356:237-47
Gene defects and mutations could be markers for early onset obesity. This is according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine which …
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