BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//TERMINALFOUR//SITEMANAGER V7.3//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20170801T180000 LOCATION:Parktown Health Sciences Campus Marie Curie Lecture Theatre DESCRIPTION:Professor Nigel Crowther's inaugural lecture will shed light on obesity in Africa.He will give an overview of the epidemiology of obesity in Africa and its relationship with other non-communicable diseases. The possible mechanisms by which excess adiposity leads to disease, and the molecular processes involved in the accumulation of lipids within fat cells will also be discussed. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Professor Nigel Crowther's inaugural lecture will shed light on obesity in Africa.

He will give an overview of the epidemiology of obesity in Africa and its relationship with other non-communicable diseases. The possible mechanisms by which excess adiposity leads to disease, and the molecular processes involved in the accumulation of lipids within fat cells will also be discussed.

SUMMARY:Obesity in Africa: From epidemiology to cell biology END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR