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$757 million: obesity-related illnesses are a major burden on Mississippi: doctors at new obesity and diabetes research center lead assault on states no. 1 killer.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 20-APR-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: $757 million: obesity-related illnesses are a major burden on Mississippi: doctors at new obesity and diabetes research center lead assault on states no. 1 killer.(SPECIAL REPORT: MISSISSIPPI'S BATTLE OF THE BULGE)

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In an effort to ramp up the fight against obesity in the state, the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMC) has started raising money that will fund an obesity and diabetes research center at the hospital.

Dr. John Hall, associate vice chancellor for research at UMC, said the new Center for Excellence in Obesity and Metabolic Disease Research would attack obesity-related health issues from a number of angles with a medically diverse group of doctors, scientists, clinical researchers and other specialists.

"Multidisciplinary centers bring people together from bench to bedside," Hall said in a news release from the hospital.

Hall has joined other UMC leaders to recruit a director. Developers are raising funds to get the center off the ground. UMC public affairs spokesman Jack Mazurak said initial...

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