Cohort profile: Research on Obesity and Diabetes among African Migrants in Europe and Africa Prospective (RODAM-Pros) cohort study

Agyemang, Charles; Linden, Eva L. van der; Antwi‐Berko, Daniel; Darko, Samuel Nkansah; Twumasi-Ankrah, Sampson; Meeks, Karlijn; Born, Bert‐Jan H. van den; Henneman, Peter; Owusu‐Dabo, Ellis; Beune, Erik

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067906

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“…Understanding the drivers behind these disparities may help to mitigate the unequal burden of CVD and identify new causal pathways that contribute to CVD risk in the population at large. 35 To fill some of this knowledge gap, Agyemang et al 36 launched The Research on Obesity and Diabetes among African Migrants (RODAM) prospective (RODAM-Pros) cohort study that was established to identify key changes in environmental exposures and epigenetic modifications driving the high burden of CVD risk among sub-Saharan African migrants. The baseline results indicated that migrants have higher prevalence of CVD risk factors than nonmigrants.…”

Section: Social Determinants Of Health Epigenetics and Cvd Riskmentioning

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Epigenetics of Early Cardiometabolic Disease: Mechanisms and Precision Medicine

Baccarelli¹,

Ordovas

2023

Circulation Research

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Epigenetics has transformed our understanding of the molecular basis of complex diseases, including cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. This review offers a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge on epigenetic processes implicated in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, highlighting the potential of DNA methylation as a precision medicine biomarker and examining the impact of social determinants of health, gut bacterial epigenomics, noncoding RNA, and epitranscriptomics on disease development and progression. We discuss challenges and barriers to advancing cardiometabolic epigenetics research, along with the opportunities for novel preventive strategies, targeted therapies, and personalized medicine approaches that may arise from a better understanding of epigenetic processes. Emerging technologies, such as single-cell sequencing and epigenetic editing, hold the potential to further enhance our ability to dissect the complex interplay between genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors. To translate research findings into clinical practice, interdisciplinary collaborations, technical and ethical considerations, and accessibility of resources and knowledge are crucial. Ultimately, the field of epigenetics has the potential to revolutionize the way we approach cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, paving the way for precision medicine and personalized health care, and improving the lives of millions of individuals worldwide affected by these conditions.

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Section: Social Determinants Of Health Epigenetics and Cvd Riskmentioning

confidence: 99%

Epigenetics of Early Cardiometabolic Disease: Mechanisms and Precision Medicine

Baccarelli¹,

Ordovas

2023

Circulation Research

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Renegotiating the Biopolitics of Physical Activities among Ethnic Minority Groups in the Netherlands

Bakuri

2024

Somatechnics

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Research on physical activities among religious and minority ethnic groups in Europe often focuses on classical public health issues or how to ‘empower’, and ‘equip’ people to stay healthy as well as integrated. In producing healthy citizens, bodies have been disciplined and are attuned to dominant discourses regarding religion, race, minority ethnic groups, and their health practices. This paper aims to show how minority ethnic groups, through physical activities, pursue their wellbeing beyond matters of integration and physical health. With a focus on participants from the predominantly Muslim Somali-Dutch and Christian Ghanaian-Dutch communities in the Netherlands, I argue from a biopolitical lens that physical activities are used by state institutions to ‘produce’ bodies in particular ways that are meaningful to the state. However, the demands of the state on ethnic minority groups often leads to the racialisation of bodies. Compliance with and resistance to disciplinary mechanisms emerge around understanding and engaging in physical activities. Thus, people adopt creative ways to incorporate physical activities into their daily routines, considering their migration situation and living conditions to address or negotiate issues of sociality, intimacy, and morality. This paper, therefore, shows how engaging in physical activities enables the embodiment of different forms of sociality, experience, and aesthetics that are important in the pursuit of wellbeing, especially when dealing with racisms.

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Cohort profile: Research on Obesity and Diabetes among African Migrants in Europe and Africa Prospective (RODAM-Pros) cohort study

Cited by 2 publications

References 28 publications

Epigenetics of Early Cardiometabolic Disease: Mechanisms and Precision Medicine

Epigenetics of Early Cardiometabolic Disease: Mechanisms and Precision Medicine

Renegotiating the Biopolitics of Physical Activities among Ethnic Minority Groups in the Netherlands

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