{"id":3716,"date":"2023-11-13T15:01:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T14:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/research-en\/blog\/research-areas\/metabolic-diseases\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:17:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:17:04","slug":"metabolic-diseases","status":"publish","type":"research-areas","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/research-en\/research-areas\/metabolic-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"Metabolic Diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\nUnderstanding metabolic diseases<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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Investigating the interplay between age, genetics, lifestyle, and environment affecting metabolism<\/p>\n\n\n

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    Metabolic diseases are a group of disorders that affect the body’s ability to convert food into energy. These disorders pose increasingly difficult challenges, particularly in industrialised nations where chronic and age-related diseases are prevalent. Why do some people suffer from obesity, dementia or cancer while others with the same lifestyle are spared these afflictions? Researchers are exploring how age, diet, lifestyle, environment, and genetic predispositions may contribute to the development of these conditions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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        \nEnzymology & Metabolism<\/h3>\n
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        \nGene Expression & Metabolism<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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        \nRelated research areas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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        • \n \n \n \n \n Rare Diseases <\/span>\n \n <\/span>\n \n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/use><\/svg> <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
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          • \n \n \n \n Interdisciplinary centres <\/span>\n <\/use><\/svg> <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3721,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"featured_image_focal_point":[],"show_featured_caption":false,"ulux_newsletter_groups":"","uluxPostTitle":"Metabolic Diseases","uluxPrePostTitle":"Research Area","_trash_the_other_posts":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"field-of-interest":[44,53],"organisation":[243,244,236,248],"authorship":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMetabolic Diseases - Research area I University of Luxembourg<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n