Ph.D.-student

Supervisor: Thorkild I.A. Sørensen

Research projects:
1) Is the obesity epidemic levelling off??
2) The modifying effect of the obesogenic environment on expression of genes related to body fatness.
Description:
1) A revew article in collaboration with Thorkild I.A. Sørensen investigating recent worlwide trends in obesity prevalence.
2) Using the classic twin design to compare the genetic variance component in popula-
tions, which differ in the degree of exposure to the obesogenic environment.

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