Browsing College of Health Sciences by Subject "famine"

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    • Chinese Famine and the diabetes mellitus epidemic. 

      Zimmet, Paul; Shi, Zumin; El-Osta, Assam; Ji, Linong ( Nature Research , 2019 , Article)
      We thank Li et al. (The effect of the Chinese Famine on type 2 diabetes mellitus epidemics. Nat. Rev. Endocrinol. 15, 313–314 (2019))1 for their interest in our paper and agree that some studies on the association between ...

    • Epidemic T2DM, early development and epigenetics: implications of the Chinese Famine. 

      Zimmet, Paul; Shi, Zumin; El-Osta, Assam; Ji, Linong ( Nature Research , 2018 , Article Review)
      The gene-environment interactions resulting from famine and the subsequent increased intergenerational risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have contributed to the current epidemic of T2DM in China, which poses major ...