UAF to study Yupik diet, lifestyle, genetics, obesity and diabetes
Thu, September 20, 2007
Posted in Alaska News
A University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) researcher has garnered a grant to look at the relationship of diet, physical activity and genetics in the health of Yupik people. UAF Associate Professor of Molecular Biology Bert Boyer has received $2.8 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to consider a possible link between certain dietary fats, obesity and the development of diabetes.
Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks
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