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Student Interest In Genetic Testing For Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Sajel Shah
Student Interest In Genetic Testing For Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Sajel Shah
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The National Institute of Health reports that more than 65 percent of American adults are overweight or obese and that the rate of obesity is steadily on the rise. Being overweight increases the odds of developing many serious health problems. For example, being overweight increases a person’s chances of developing heart disease, stroke, certain kinds of cancers, and Type 2 Diabetes. Particularly, the increase in the incidence of Type 2 Diabetes has paralleled the increase in the overweight/obesity epidemic in America.
With the development of new technology to identify and map genes, more and more diseases are being tied to …