[What can we do with genetic screening of obesity in clinical practice?].

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The discovery of genetic abnormalities in obesity improves the knowledge on the physiology of energetic homeostasis, and demonstrates that it is a fully recognized disease and not only a behavioral problem. In cases of early obesity and very severe degree, with severely abnormal dietary behavior, endocrine abnormalities, and a ground of parental consanguinity, monogenic obesity or a syndromic obesity (in the case...

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