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Dietary energy density affects fat mass in early adolescence and is not modified by FTO variants.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2009
Johnson Laura, van Jaarsveld Cornelia H M, Emmett Pauline M, Rogers Imogen S, Ness Andy R, Hattersley Andrew T, Timpson Nicholas J, Smith George Davey, Jebb Susan A
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BACKGROUND: Dietary energy density (DED) does not have a simple linear relationship to fat mass in children, which suggests that some children are more susceptible than others to the effects of DED. Children with the FTO (rs9939609) variant that increases the risk of obesity may have a higher sus...
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