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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases  

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  • The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) is one of 27 institutes and centers within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) focused on reducing the burden of disease and improving public health. The NIDDK conducts and supports basic, translational, and clinical research in a number of areas including diabetes and other endocrine and metabolic diseases, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), kidney and urologic diseases, liver and digestive diseases, hematologic diseases, nutritional disorders, weight control, and obesity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Obesity; NIDDK]

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