Obesity genes identified in genome-wide association studies are associated with adiposity measures and potentially with nutrient-specific food preference

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 951-959

  Bauer, Florianne ^a   Elbers, Clara C ^a   Adan, Roger A H ^c   Loos, Ruth J F ^d   Onland Moret, N Charlotte ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Van Vliet Ostaptchouk, Jana V ^b   Wijmenga, Cisca ^a,b   Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FTO GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MC4R GENE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MTCH2 GENE; NEGR1 GENE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ABDOMINAL FAT; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSITY; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 70349783304     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27781     Document Type: Article

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