Investigating how our genes and lifestyle interact to lead to diabetes

The InterAct project started in 2006 and is an EU funded large scale collaboration between nine European Countries and India, designed to:

• discover how genetic and lifestyle behavioral factors, particularly diet and physical activity, interact in their influence on the risk of developing type 2 diabetes
• investigate how these discoveries may help to prevent the development of diabetes.

Why is diabetes important?
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The InterAct study:
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