The Genetics of Obesity: Genetic Mutation, Possible Marker for Obesity?

The Genetics of Obesity: Genetic Mutation, Possible Marker for Obesity?

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SADAF FAROOQI, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge UK REFERENCE: N Engl J Med 2007; 356:237-47 Gene defects and mutations could be markers for early onset obesity. This is according to a study pub

Sadaf Farooqi

SADAF FAROOQI, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge UK

REFERENCE: N Engl J Med 2007;356:237-47Gene defects and mutations could be markers for early onset obesity. This is according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine which concludes that the leptin receptor should be further explored as a cause of obesity, along with other genetic factors emerging from a multinational study called: the Genetics of Obesity Study. Sarah Maxwell heard the latest fromSadaf Farooqiin Cambridge, England.

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