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FTO polymorphisms moderate the association of food reinforcement with energy intake.
Physiology & behavior - 10 Jun 2014
Scheid Jennifer L, Carr Katelyn A, Lin Henry, Fletcher Kelly D, Sucheston Lara, Singh Prashant K, Salis Robbert, Erbe Richard W, Faith Myles S, Allison David B, Epstein Leonard H
Abstract excerpt
Food reinforcement (RRVfood) is related to increased energy intake, cross-sectionally related to obesity, and prospectively related to weight gain. The fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene is related to elevated body mass index and increased energy intake. The primary purpose of the current study was to determine whether any of 68 FTO single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) or a FTO risk score moderate the...
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