Progress in the genetics of common obesity: size matters

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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Over the past two decades serious efforts has been invested in the search for genes that predispose to common obesity, but progress has been slow and success limited. Genome-wide association, however, has revived optimism. Here we review recent advances in the field of obesity genetics and discuss the most important findings of candidate gene, genome-wide linkage studies and genome-wide...

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