[Etiology of overweight and obesity].

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Obesity results from a predominance of caloric intake over energy expenditure. Twin, adoption and family studies have demonstrated that, together with environmental conditions, various genetic factors play an important role in the pathogenesis of obesity. In recent years, it was possible to identify several defects in single genes responsible for obesity in rodents, some of which may also be involved in human...

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