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Inheritance Factors

Genes are not the only way characteristics may be passed from generation to generation. Researchers are actively pursuing what is called epigenetics. Epigenetics refers to changes in appearance, or...

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Downey Fact Sheet 4 – The Global Obesity Epidemic

Printable PDF Increasing rates of obesity are not unique to the United States. Rates of obesity are increasing around the globe. The World Health Organization projects at, as of 2005, 1.6 billion...

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Asian Rates of Diabetes and Obesity Set to Explode

An analysis of over 900,000 individuals in 18 cohorts from 7 Asian nations (Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan) show an overall prevalence of diabetes  of 4.3%, ranging from...

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