Article
Inherited behavioral susceptibility to adiposity in infancy: a multivariate genetic analysis of appetite and weight in the Gemini birth cohort.
The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Mar 2012
Llewellyn Clare H, van Jaarsveld Cornelia H M, Plomin Robert, Fisher Abigail, Wardle Jane
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BACKGROUND: The behavioral susceptibility model proposes that inherited differences in traits such as appetite confer differential risk of weight gain and contribute to the heritability of weight. Evidence that the FTO gene may influence weight partly through its effects on appetite supports this...
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