Session Information
2011 Obesity Society Annual Scientific Meeting
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Obesity Genetics
Track
:
Track 4 — Population Health and Policy
Program Code:
308
Date:
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Time:
2:15 PM to 3:15 PM
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SPEAKER
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Description
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the commonly quoted genetic explanation for the rapid rise in obesity is the mismatch between today’s environment and energy-thrifty genes that multiplied in the past under different environmental conditions when food sources were rather unpredictable.
- Explain how genes regulate how our bodies capture, store, and release energy from food.
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