Significant link between genetic risk and obesity
A person's genetic background is a key driver for their BMI and therefore is crucial to understanding their risk of obesity, according to...
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The complex role body weight plays in T2DM
A study by researchers at the University of Lincoln has highlighted why some people more at risk of developing T2DM than others and the...
Genetics can predict and help improve outcomes after bariatric surgery
Clinicians treating severe obesity have a new genetic tool for predicting and ultimately improving bariatric surgery outcomes, according...
Researchers identify age-specific and sex-specific obesity genes
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have identified several genes that appear to affect obesity risk in certain sexes and ages....
Genetic and socioeconomic factors impact risk of T2DM and obesity
Socioeconomic and genetic factors probably affect people's risks of developing obesity and type 2 diabetes, researchers from...
45 genes reveal new molecular associations with obesity
Researchers from the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have identified 45...
Genetic impact on the response to treatment for obesity
Collaborative research between University of Galway and Brunel University London has found that patients with severe and complicated...
Multiple causal genes drive T2DM risk
Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have used advanced three-dimensional mapping techniques at a microscopic...
Childhood trauma and genetics linked to increased obesity risk
Outcomes from the Healthy Nevada Project have found associations between genetics, obesity and childhood trauma, linking social health...
Researchers uncover genomic obesity regions
A new study has helped to shine light on the genetic pathways underlying obesity by revealing that 74 previously unknown genomic regions...
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