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- Title
Public Health Genomics: Translating Obesity Genomics Research Into Population Health Benefits.
- Authors
Agurs-Collins, Tanya; Khoury, Muin J.; Simon-Morton, Denise; Olster, Deborah H.; Harris, Jennifer R.; Milner, John A.
- Abstract
We examine how a public health genomics framework can be used to move genomic discoveries into clinical and public health practice for obesity prevention and treatment. There are four phases of translational research: T1: discovery to candidate health application; T2: health application to evidence-based practice guidelines; T3: practice guidelines to health practice; and T4: practice to population health impact. Types of multidisciplinary research and knowledge synthesis needed for each phase, as well as the importance of developing and disseminating evidence-based guidelines, are discussed. Because obesity genomics research is mostly in the discovery phase or in the very early phases of translation (T1), the authors present this framework to illustrate the range of translation activities needed to move genomic discoveries in obesity to actual applications that reduce the burden of obesity at the population level.
- Subjects
GENOMICS; PUBLIC health; PREVENTION of obesity; OBESITY treatment; TRANSLATIONAL research
- Publication
Obesity (19307381), 2008, Vol 16, pS85
- ISSN
1930-7381
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/oby.2008.517