Gene-diet interactions in childhood obesity: Paucity of evidence as the epidemic of childhood obesity continues to rise

Personalized Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-146

  Papoutsakis, Constantina ^a   Dedoussis, George V ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Diet; Gene; Interaction; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ACID PHOSPHATASE 1; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LIPOPROTEIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA 2; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2;

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME 6Q; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPIDEMIC; EPIGENETICS; FAMILY STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIPID DIET; LIPID STORAGE; LOW FAT DIET; MARKER GENE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TWINS;

EID: 34249821906     PISSN: 17410541     EISSN: 1744828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17410541.4.2.133     Document Type: Review

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