Intervention, integration and translation in obesity research: Genetic, developmental and metaorganismal approaches

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Obesity is the focus of multiple lines of inquiry that have -- together and separately -- produced many deep insights into the physiology of weight gain and maintenance. We examine three such streams of research and show how they are oriented to obesity intervent...

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Main Authors: Stotz Karola, O'Malley Maureen A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-01-01
Series:Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine
Online Access:http://www.peh-med.com/content/6/1/2