Article
[The genetics of obesity].
Ugeskrift for laeger - 9 Jan 2006
Echwald Søren M, Larsen Philip Just, Pedersen Oluf Borbye, Sørensen Thorkild I A
Abstract excerpt
Although environmental factors clearly play a role, studies of twins and adoptees show that obesity is a familial trait which to a large degree can be ascribed to genetic factors. According to evolutionary models, obesity-causing variants may originally have had an evolutionary benefit, whereas in a modern environment they pose a risk. Despite a clear genetic cause, the molecular genetic variations underlying...
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