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Disease Preventive Medicine Lab
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The lab studies obesity and its complications from both the biology of the body and the social side.
AboutAbout the lab
Toward a fulfilling life for people of all body types.
The Disease Preventive Medicine Lab studies obesity and its complications from two sides: causes inside the body, and social causes and problems.
It is a new lab established in January 2025.
Obesity is often thought to result from overeating and lack of exercise, but constitution and the environment from early childhood are also thought to influence a person's tendency to gain weight and their appetite.
The lab seeks to do away with the idea that reaching a standard body weight is what makes a person healthy, and explores realistic weight-loss approaches for treating complications.
Key terms
- Obesity disease
- A condition in which obesity is accompanied by health problems, or is highly likely to lead to them, and which is a target for medical treatment
- Stigma
- Meaning a "mark of disgrace"; discrimination and prejudice directed at people with a certain characteristic
- Insulin
- A hormone released from the pancreas that lowers blood glucose levels. It also acts on the brain and is involved in regulating appetite
- Electronic medical record
- A system in which a hospital keeps records of patient examinations and tests on a computer instead of on paper
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies both the biological causes and the social causes and problems of obesity and of obesity disease, the condition that calls for medical treatment. It works on preventing complications and on designing social systems in which people of all body types can coexist.
*Illustrative imageHealth Effects of Obesity and Social Problems
The lab investigates what complications occur at what body weight, and explores ways to communicate this effectively to the people concerned so that complications can be prevented before quality of life declines. It also aims to raise public awareness of obesity stigma, which arises from the misconception that obesity is a matter of personal responsibility, and to change social systems.
*Illustrative imageInsulin Action and Appetite Regulation
The lab studies which organs insulin acts on and how, and how it contributes to maintaining blood glucose levels, appetite, and body weight. It also investigates how this mechanism is disrupted by constitution, environment, and aging, leading to obesity and diabetes.
*Illustrative imageRecording Body Weight and Related Data in Electronic Medical Records
Physical data such as body weight and blood pressure are hard to record in electronic medical records and tend to be undervalued in clinical care. The lab explores ways to track physical data efficiently over time, including building databases and linking with personal health record systems.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Disease Preventive Medicine Lab are faculty and doctoral students.
- ProfessorHiraku Ono
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Tanita Health Meter System114” Mr.ち
ゅらさん / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped) - Health Effects of Obesity and Social Problems: “Community health worker in the Brazilian public health system” Paulo H. Carvalho/Agência Brasília / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Insulin Action and Appetite Regulation: “Laboratory Test Tubes; from a medical laboratory in Abuja, Nigeria” Frankincense Diala / CC0 (cropped)
- Recording Body Weight and Related Data in Electronic Medical Records: “Public baby weighing scale” User:Mattes / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Healthy City and Spatial Design Lab): “West Thames Park td ( - Rector Street Pedestrian Bridge” Tdorante10 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (Environmental Health Lab): “Mother and Child walking down a path ( )” Ian D. Keating / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Social Preventive Medicine Lab): “Chinatown Elderly Apartments, 23rd Street and Princeton Avenue, Chinatown, Chicago, IL ( )” Warren LeMay from Chicago, IL, United States / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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