β-cell response to high fat diet induced metabolic demands in the obese Wistar rat

Thesis (MScMedSc)--University of Stellenbosch, 2011. === ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction: A westernized diet rich in saturated fats and sugars, together with a sedentary lifestyle, has contributed to the dramatic increase in obesity during the last decade (Zimmett et al, 2001; Wild et al, 2004). Obes...

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Main Author: Roux, Candice Rene
Other Authors: Muller, Christo John Frederick
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6454