A Mathematical Model for Predicting Obesity Transmission with Both Genetic and Nongenetic Heredity.

Keisuke Ejima Diana M ThomasDavid B Allison

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2018)

Although the proposed "first approximation" model captured the complex interactions between the genetic and nongenetic effects on obesity, this framework remains incomplete. Future work should incorporate other key features driving the obesity epidemic.

Keyphrases

insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
high fat diet induced
type diabetes
weight gain
genome wide
copy number
adipose tissue
gene expression
current status