Abstract
This report summarizes emerging opportunities for behavioral science to help advance the field of gene–environment and gene–behavior interactions, based on presentations at The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Workshop, “Gene–Nutrition and Gene–Physical Activity Interactions in the Etiology of Obesity.” Three opportunities are highlighted: (i) designing potent behavioral “challenges” in experiments, (ii) determining viable behavioral phenotypes for genetics studies, and (iii) identifying specific measures of the environment or environmental exposures. Additional points are underscored, including the need to incorporate novel findings from neuroimaging studies regarding motivation and drive for eating and physical activity. Advances in behavioral science theory and methods can play an important role in advancing understanding of gene–brain–behavior relationships in obesity onset.
Keywords
Behavioural sciencesObesityNeuroimagingPhysical activityBehavioural geneticsGene–environment interactionPsychologyNeuroscienceGeneBioinformaticsBiologyMedicineDevelopmental psychologyGeneticsPhysical medicine and rehabilitationPathology
MeSH Terms
BehaviorBehavioral ResearchDietEnergy IntakeEnergy MetabolismEnvironmentExerciseGenetic ResearchGeneticsBehavioralHumansNutrigenomicsObesityPhenotypeResearch Design
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- 2008
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- 16
- Issue
- S3
- Pages
- S82-4
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- 7
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Myles S. Faith
(2008).
Behavioral Science and the Study of Gene–Nutrition and Gene–Physical Activity Interactions in Obesity Research.
Obesity
, 16
(S3)
, S82-4.
https://doi.org/10.1038/oby.2008.524
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- DOI
- 10.1038/oby.2008.524
- PMID
- 19037220