Leveraging Genetics to Advance Type 2 Diabetes Prevention

In this Perspective, Jose Florez discusses how information from genetics and genomics may be able to contribute to prevention of type 2 diabetes and predicting individual responses to behavioral and other interventions.

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Published in:PLoS medicine 2016-07, Vol.13 (7), p.e1002102-e1002102
Main Author: Florez, Jose C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Biology and Life Sciences
Diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - etiology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - genetics
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - prevention & control
Disease prevention
Epidemiology
Funding
Gene loci
Genetic Predisposition to Disease - genetics
Genetics
Genomes
Health risk assessment
Humans
Intervention
Lifestyles
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mortality
Obesity - complications
Prevention
Prevention programs
Research and analysis methods
Risk Factors
Studies
Type 2 diabetes
Weight control
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Summary:In this Perspective, Jose Florez discusses how information from genetics and genomics may be able to contribute to prevention of type 2 diabetes and predicting individual responses to behavioral and other interventions.
ISSN:1549-1676
1549-1277
1549-1676
DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002102