Human obesity: A heritable neurobehavioral disorder that is highly sensitive to environmental conditions

Diabetes

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2905-2910

  O'Rahilly, Stephen ^a   Farooqi, I Sadaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN;

APPETITE; BARDET BIEDL SYNDROME; BODY MASS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EATING HABIT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MONOGENIC DISORDER; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORBID OBESITY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PLEIOTROPY; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADIPOSITY; APPETITE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 58149359144     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: 1939327X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/db08-0210     Document Type: Review

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