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Behavioural susceptibility theory: the role of appetite in genetic susceptibility to obesity in early life.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 11 Sept 2023
Llewellyn C H, Kininmonth A R, Herle M, Nas Z, Smith A D, Carnell S, Fildes A
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Excess weight gained during the early years and, in particular, rapid weight gain in the first 2 years of life, are a major risk factors for adult obesity. The growing consensus is that childhood obesity develops from a complex interaction between genetic susceptibility and exposure to an 'obesogenic' environment. Behavioural susceptibility theory (BST) was developed to explain the nature of this gene-environment...
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