Article
The genetics of human obesity: recent progress.
Bulletin et memoires de l'Academie royale de medecine de Belgique - 1 Jan 2001
Bouchard C
Abstract excerpt
The risk of becoming obese is higher in some families than in others. The risk (the lambda coefficient) is two to three fold for moderate obesity, but up to five to eight fold for severe obesity. Several genes exhibit mutations that can cause early onset severe obesity. These mutations are rare and account for only a small fraction of the cases of obesity. At this time, more than fifty genes have been shown in...
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