Investigation of Mendelian forms of obesity holds out the prospect of personalized medicine.

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Mendelian forms of obesity are already known to account for approximately 5% of the severely obese but are currently underinvestigated. In contrast, there has been much recent concentration on genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) associations in obesity, with particular emphasis given to the role of the fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) gene. Unfortunately, despite the enormous resources devoted...

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