[Obesity, diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular risk: a trans-generational network].
The prevalence of obesity has reached epidemic proportions, predisposing to the development of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Lifestyle and genetic heritability are causes of this phenomenon, together with the nutritional environment during intra-uterine life and birth weight. We examine the above mentioned relationships in the family tree of a patient with diabetes, central obesity and cardiovascular disease.
Guiducci
Letizia
L
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica, Pisa. letizia.guiducci@ifc.cnr.it
Pasanisi
Emilio
E
Capati
Eugenia
E
Iozzo
Patricia
P
D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D010375:Pedigree; D012307:Risk Factors