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Effects of the FTO gene on lifestyle intervention studies in children.
Obesity facts - 1 Jan 2009
Rendo Tara, Moleres Adriana, Marti Del Moral Amelia
Abstract excerpt
The effects of FTO on body weight, body composition, and the risk of developing overweight and obesity in children, adolescents, and adults are analyzed in this review. Most trails have been conducted on the rs9939609 SNP of the FTO gene. The minor A-allele frequency ranged from 0.38 to 0.49 in different European populations. Briefly, it has been reported that overweight-obesity risk per A-allele ranged from 1.76...
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