Article
[Genetics and epigenetics of obesity: keys to understand].
La Revue du praticien - 1 Nov 2019
Dubern Béatrice
Abstract excerpt
Genetics and epigenetics of obesity: the keys to understand. Obesity is a multifactorial disease due to central dysregulation of energy homeostasis. The contribution of genetics is constant but varies according to the situations from the rare forms of non-syndromic and syndromic monogenic obesities (about 5% of cases) and the socalled polygenic obesity (or common obesity) which is the most frequent situation (95%...
Topics
- Epigenesis, Genetic
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Obesity
