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Genetic Diabetes Counseling Inspire Change - Psychology, Special Needs, Health - Posted: 12th Sep, 2012 - 12:30am
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Genetic diabetes counseling may not inspire change
Genetic diabetes counseling may not inspire change
Biotechnology News
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Counseling people about their personal risk of diabetes based on their genes may not motivate them to take steps to prevent the blood sugar disease, a new study suggests. Overweight and obese research participants lost the same amount of weight and were similarly dedicated to a diabetes-prevention program whether they learned their genes put them at high or low risk - or when they hadn't been counseled at all. "It's very, very hard to change behavior," said lead researcher Dr. Richard Grant, now at Kaiser Permanente Northern California in Oakland. ...
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