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Television food advertisement exposure and FTO rs9939609 genotype in relation to excess consumption in children.
International journal of obesity (2005) - 1 Jan 2017
Gilbert-Diamond D, Emond J A, Lansigan R K, Rapuano K M, Kelley W M, Heatherton T F, Sargent J D
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Exposure to food advertisements may cue overeating among children, especially among those genetically predisposed to respond to food cues. We aimed to assess how television food advertisements affect eating in the absence of hunger among children in a randomized trial. We hypothesized that the fat mass and obesity-associated gene (FTO) rs9939609 single-nucleotide polymorphism would modify...
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