Author Archives: Aisha I Abdullah PhD

Genetics, Mental Health May Be Risk Factors for Teen Eating Disorders

Genetic predisposition, mental health symptoms, personality traits, substance abuse, and high body mass index (BMI) all are early risk factors for eating disorders in adolescence, a study has determined. These findings may have clinical implications for preventing and treating disordered eating behaviors, especially among teenagers, the…

Fruit Fly Model Cost-effective for Screening Obesity-related Genes

Genetic screening in fruit flies is a relatively simple, cost-effective, and rapid process with the potential to increase understanding of genetic obesity development in humans. Specifically, the fruit fly is a workable model organism for high-throughput screening of candidate genes associated with eating behavior and obesity in humans, according to…

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