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Mediterranean Diet and Genetic Determinants of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in European Children and Adolescents.
Genes - 25 Feb 2022
Seral-Cortes Miguel, Larruy-García Alicia, De Miguel-Etayo Pilar, Labayen Idoia, Moreno Luis A
Abstract excerpt
Childhood obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS) are multifactorial diseases influenced by genetic and environmental factors. The Mediterranean Diet (MD) seems to modulate the genetic predisposition to obesity or MetS in European adults. The FTO gene has also been shown to have an impact on the MD benefits to avoid obesity or MetS. Since these interaction effects have been scarcely analyzed in European youth, the...
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