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Epidemiological studies of the aetiological associations between nutritional biomarkers and cardiometabolic risk factors in Cameroon
Suboptimal diets are among the leading factors fuelling the global rise in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and other metabolic disorders. Most epidemiological studies of the associations between diet and nutritional ... -
Using human genomics to decipher biological mechanisms underlying reproductive ageing and fertility in women
Women are born with a non-renewable ovarian reserve, which is depleted throughout reproductive life. When this reserve is exhausted, they experience menopause and cease ovulating. Importantly, menopause timing is highly ... -
Detection, causes and consequences of sex chromosome mosaicism
Sex chromosome mosaicism, including male mosaic loss of chromosome Y (LOY) and female mosaic loss of chromosome X (LOX), is the most common form of clonal haematopoiesis (CH) that can be defined as the age-related clonal ... -
What influences government policymaking? The case of childhood obesity in England
Abstract What influences government policymaking? The case of childhood obesity in England | Dolly Rose Zarina Theis In England today, four out of the top five risk factors of healthy life years lost to death, disability ...