title: [Obesity, diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular risk: a trans-generational network].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica, Pisa. letizia.guiducci@ifc.cnr.it
authors.forename: Letizia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guiducci
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pasanisi
authors.forename: Eugenia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Capati
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Iozzo
mesh_terms: 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