title: Understanding racial differences in obesity and metabolic syndrome traits.
abstract: Epidemiologic data demonstrate a positive association between obesity and certain measures related to the metabolic syndrome that differ among individuals of different ethnic/racial backgrounds. The effect of genetic and environmental factors on these differences is not completely understood; however, insightful information can be obtained by taking into account the degree of ancestral admixture in populations.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Nutrition Research Center, Department of Biostatistics, Section on Statistical Genetics, Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-3360, USA.
authors.forename: José R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Allison
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*; D009765:Obesity / Q000235:genetics*; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000235:genetics*