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FTO gene polymorphism and longitudinal changes in nutritional/obesity status in children and adolescents: Schoolchildren's health cohort study.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Nov 2021
Reuter Éboni Marília, Reuter Cézane Priscila, de Castro Silveira João Francisco, Carroll Sean, Hobkirk James Philip, Todendi Pâmela Ferreira, de Moura Valim Andréia Rosane, de Mello Elza Daniel
Abstract excerpt
The fat mass and obesity-associated gene (FTO) has been extensively reported in the literature related to nutritional status, but there has been limited description of the genetic contribution to obesity risk during childhood and adolescence, especially in Latin Americans. This study aims to associate the rs9939609 polymorphism, of the FTO gene, with changes in nutritional status in Brazilian schoolchildren...
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