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Genetic variants influencing effectiveness of weight loss strategies.
Arquivos brasileiros de endocrinologia e metabologia - 1 Mar 2009
Deram Sophie, Villares Sandra M F
Abstract excerpt
Body weight excess has an increasingly high prevalence in the world. Obesity is a complex disease of multifactorial origin with a polygenic condition affected by environmental factors. Weight loss is a primary strategy to treat obesity and its morbidities. Weight changes through life depend on the interaction of environmental, behavioral and genetic factors. Interindividual variation of weight loss in response to...
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