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FTO Genotype Interacts with Improvement in Aerobic Fitness on Body Weight Loss During Lifestyle Intervention.
Obesity facts - 1 Jan 2016
Sailer Corinna, Schmid Vera, Fritsche Louise, Gerter Tsvetelina, Machicao Fausto, Niess Andreas, Häring Hans-Ulrich, Stefan Norbert, Fritsche Andreas, Heni Martin
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Not every participant responds with a comparable body weight loss to lifestyle intervention, despite the same compliance. Genetic factors may explain parts of this difference. Variation in fat mass and obesity-associated gene (FTO) is the strongest common genetic determinant of body weight. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact of FTO genotype differences in the link between...
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