Both obesity and being underweight have been associated with increased mortality,.
Underweight, defined as a body mass index (BMI)≤ 18.5 kg per m2 in adults and≤− 2 …

Obesity has become a major worldwide challenge to public health, owing to an interaction
between the Western 'obesogenic'environment and a strong genetic contribution. Recent …

Obesity is a highly heritable and genetically heterogeneous disorder. Here we investigated
the contribution of copy number variation to obesity in 300 Caucasian patients with severe …

Obesity results from the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. To search for
sequence variants that affect variation in two common measures of obesity, weight and body …

Obesity, a common multifactorial disorder, is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes,
hypertension and coronary heart disease 1 (CHD). According to the definition of the World …

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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified> 250 loci for body mass index
(BMI), implicating pathways related to neuronal biology. Most GWAS loci represent clusters …

Obesity is a major risk factor for many common diseases and has a substantial heritable
component. To identify new genetic determinants, we performed exome-sequence analyses …

Obesity is heritable and predisposes to many diseases. To understand the genetic basis of
obesity better, here we conduct a genome-wide association study and Metabochip meta …

Multiple genetic variants have been associated with adult obesity and a few with severe
obesity in childhood; however, less progress has been made in establishing genetic …