Obesity - Should we blame our genes?

Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-186

  Aisbitt, B ^a  

^a BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ENDOCANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 2; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN FTO; RIMONABANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34547887217     PISSN: 14719827     EISSN: 14673010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-3010.2007.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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