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Appetitive traits as behavioural pathways in genetic susceptibility to obesity: a population-based cross-sectional study.
Scientific reports - 1 Oct 2015
Konttinen Hanna, Llewellyn Clare, Wardle Jane, Silventoinen Karri, Joensuu Anni, Männistö Satu, Salomaa Veikko, Jousilahti Pekka, Kaprio Jaakko, Perola Markus, Haukkala Ari
Abstract excerpt
The mechanisms through which genes influence body weight are not well understood, but appetite has been implicated as one mediating pathway. Here we use data from two independent population-based Finnish cohorts (4632 adults aged 25-74 years from the DILGOM study and 1231 twin individuals aged 21-26 years from the FinnTwin12 study) to investigate whether two appetitive traits mediate the associations between...
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